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    Effect of microwave assisted alkali pretreatment and other pretreatment methods on some properties of bamboo fibre reinforced cement composites
    (2020) Akinyemi B.A; Temidayo Omoniyi T.E; Onuzulike G.
    This study investigated the effectiveness of microwave irradiation pre- treatment in combination with sodium hydroxide and other pretreatment methods on bamboo fiber cement composite characteristics. The materials used for this study include bamboo fibers, Portland cement, fine sand and calcium chloride. Microwave assisted sodium hydroxide (MT), sodium hydroxide alone (AA) and hot water (HT) treatments were used to pre-treat the bamboo fiber before its use in the cementitious composite. Mechanical tests were conducted after 7, 14 and 28 days while Fourier transformed Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) with Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) were used to characterize the composites. The use of microwave assisted alkali treatment is observed to have the best performance due to its more efficient role in improving fiber roughness, ductility and toughness in the cementitious composites.
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    Engineering properties of acrylic emulsion polymer modified bamboo reinforced cement bonded composites
    (2017) Akinyemi B.A.; Omoniyi T.E.
    In this study, bamboo fibres from Bambusa Vulgaris species were used as reinforcement materials for acrylic emulsion polymer modified concrete to determine their engineering properties and elemental compositions. Moisture absorption, density and percentage voids were investigated as well as the compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength at 28, 45 and 60 days of air curing. Acrylic polymers reduced moisture intake, increased the densities and led to another increase in percentage of voids but composite samples with bamboo fibre inclusions at 1.5% and 10% polymers with 1.5% fibre an 15% polymers showed better physical properties than those with polymers only. Compressive and split tensile strength tests had similar results of optimum strength at 45 days while flexural strength test had optimum value at 60 days of air curing. This showed that the properties of unreinforced concrete could be improved through addition of fibres and polymers for use in structural applications.