Morfologia e biodegradação de compósitos de poli(ε-caprolactona) com fibra de coco verde

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Monalisa Cristina Gomes da
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/15702
• topic: Biodegradation; poly(ε-caprolactone); coconut fiber; morphology; composites.; Biodegradação; poli(ε-caprolactona); fibra de coco; morfologia; compósito.; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::QUIMICA

In this work the morphology and the biodegradation of composites of poly(ε-caprolactone) with fiber from green coconut were analyzed. Part of these fibers was submitted to chemical modification by acetylation reaction. The morphology study of poli(ε-caprolactone) pure and its composites was carried out before and after the biodegradation test. The biodegradation test was carried out by burying the samples in simulated soil for different durations, varying from twenty to thirty weeks, following the ASTM standard G 160 - 03. After each duration test, the samples were taken out of soil and analyzed by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and solid state low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The results showed that the samples loses mass, some morphological modification of the surface and variation in the percentage of crystallinity. PCL and the composites has suffered biodegradation and the fibers presence causes a retardance of this process