Silane Treatment. Abdullah and Ishak [61] immersed
the treated and untreated coir fiber in silane solutions
with various concentrations ranging between 0.25% and
1% w/w for an hour. The mechanism of silane treatment
on coir fiber is shown in Scheme 5. They reported that
the mechanical and morphological properties showed an
improvement upon chemical treatment, especially for silane
on alkali treated fiber.