Cellulose whiskers from banana peel reinforced Para rubber adhesive bonded Para rubber wooden joint

The research concerned improving the bonding performance of the Para rubber adhesive by adding cellulose whiskers extracted from banana peel. The cellulose whiskers (1%) were added into Para rubber adhesive consisting of 60%DRC Para rubber latex blended with 70 phr tapioca flour. Nonylphenol ethoxylate (NP-9), a non-ionic surfactant, was also added in order to improve disperse ability of cellulose whiskers. As-prepared Para rubber nanocomposite adhesives bonded between two pieces of Para rubber wood plate which placed cross grain wood. From the adhesive efficiency test, the rubber wood plates bonding with Para rubber nanocomposite adhesives reinforced with cellulose whiskers from banana peel were a difficultly separate and had higher force to split each rubber wood plate off than those of the rubber wood plates bonding with Para rubber adhesives.