In this work phenolics pre-polymer (resol type) and pre-polymer lignin-phenol (40% w/w sugar cane bagasse lignin) were synthesized. These pre-polymers were used to prepare matrice of several composites reinforced with bagasse fibers, sisal fibers and curaua fibers. The bagasse and sisal fibers were extracted with cyclohexane/ethanol. The improvement in impact strength was small for sugar cane bagasse reinforced composites and it was very significant for sisal reinforced composites. The curaua fibers were submitted to the same extration above mentioned and then treated with a 10% solution of NaOH. The composites containing treated curaua fibers also presented improvement in the impact strength.
Composites; lignin; phenolic resin; natural fiber; impact strength
