APPLICATIONS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Plaster John et al. (2005) studied the coir fibre reinforced low alkaline cement taken from the internal and external walls of a 12 year old house. The panel of the house were produced using 1:1.5:0.504 (binder: sand: water, by mass) mortar reinforced with 2% of coconut fibres by volume. Fibres removed from the old samples were reported to be undamaged. No significant difference was found in the lignin content of fibres removed from external and those removed from internal walls.