Warlinda Eka Triastuti, Agus Surono, Rizal Arifin, Tatya Annur Ramadita, Fitra Diannico Aditama, Regeta Salsabila Putri Hani, Helia Dewi Lestari, Kabira Bennani, Meity Wulandari
Non-woven is a fabric that is not woven or a fabric without weaves and meshes, this non-woven fabric consists of fibers that are directly made into fabric. The fibers are not made into yarn first but the fabric is produced from fibers that are bound together in a lock or both, by mechanical or chemical means combined. However, the material usually used for non-woven is mixtures of polypropylene (PP) and poly lactic acid (PLA) (PP/PLA melt blends) which is non-biodegradable. Therefore, in this research pineapple leaf fiber is used as filler to be the reinforcing phase and has good quality with smooth surface and high biodegradability. The research methodology is the preparation of pineapple leaf fibers, delignification, silanization using TMS, mixing with polypropylene according to the composition of polymer fiber in the ratio of 90: 10 and 80: 20 weight percent. Then analyzed the SEM test, tensile strength test, and oil absorption capacity test. From the SEM test, the best results were obtained at 10% non-woven pineapple leaf fiber. Where the number of fibers is less there are more porous cavities. Then, in the tensile strength test, the largest tensile strength value was obtained in the ratio of pineapple leaf fiber and polypropylene 10: 90, which was 15.46 MPA. The maximum oil absorption capacity value, recorded at 11.16, was achieved using 10% pineapple leaf fiber. © 2026 Author(s).
Industrial Chemical Engineering Department, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia; Civil Engineeering, Universitas, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, 60231, Indonesia
