No.3（2008）1.Characteristics of Bamboo Fiber and Development of its Uses

Yoshimitsu Ikeda, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Yayoi Yoshida, Takako Koshiba, Kaori Miyamoto

Bamboo is attracting attention as an ecological material. We succeeded in obtaining three kinds of material from bamboo: a fiber bunch, a filament, and a parenchyma cell. All three materials shows good compatibility in composition with some resins. Reduced fiber length occurs in composition with thermoplastic resin, but with unsaturated polyester resin, reduced fiber length does not occur. Therefore it is thought that performance of bamboo fiber is sufficiently demonstrated.

Keywords

bamboo fiber, parenchyma cell, fiber reinforced plastics, ultraviolet rays shield effect, unsaturated polyester resin, poly lactic acid resin, aspect ratio

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