Research on Mechanical Properties of Ramie Fiber/Poly(Propylene Carbonate) Composite MaterialsWAN Chun-jie1,2,YU Jian-ying1,NAN Wen-huan1,LIU En-ran1 (1.School of Materials Science and Engineering,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China;2.School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy,Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology,Wuhan 430074,China)The degradable composite was made by ramie fiber and poly(propylene carbonate) .The effects of alkaline treatment and ramie fibers length on the mechanical properties of ramie fibers/Poly(propylene carbonate) composite materials were studied,and the impact fracture morphology of ramie fiber/Poly(propylene carbonate) was observed by scanning electron microscope.The experiment results showed that the tensile strength and impact strength were improved from 23.90 MPa and 30.04 kJ/m2 to 25.39 MPa and 36.40 kJ/m2 respectively when ramie fiber was mercerized by using NaOH.poly(propylene carbonate);ramie fiber;composite materials;alkaline treatment