Flax and cotton fiber reinforced biodegradable polyester amide composites,1 - Manufacture of composites and characterization of their mechanical properties

Biodegradable composites consisting of flax (FF) and cotton (CT) fiber mats and poly(ester amide) (PEA) films were hot pressed using the film stacking process. The process parameters press temperature, pressure, press time in the tool, and drying conditions of fiber and matrix were optimized with re gard to the mechanical properties as well as the visual quality of the comp osites. Press temperature turned out as being the most important quantity. The mechanical properties of the composites were characterized.