Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites

Pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) are of little use in Malaysia despite being mechanically and environmentally sound. Untreated and bleached PALF were used to reinforce vinyl ester (VE) utilizing hand lay-up (HLU) and liquid compression molding (LCM). Mechanical properties, water absorption and thermal s...

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Main Authors:	Abd. Rahman, Mohamed, Mohd Salit, Sapuan, Abdan, Khalina
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaya 2010
Subjects:	TS Manufactures
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spelling	iium-144872012-02-15T04:53:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14487/ Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites Abd. Rahman, Mohamed Mohd Salit, Sapuan Abdan, Khalina TS Manufactures Pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) are of little use in Malaysia despite being mechanically and environmentally sound. Untreated and bleached PALF were used to reinforce vinyl ester (VE) utilizing hand lay-up (HLU) and liquid compression molding (LCM). Mechanical properties, water absorption and thermal stability were compared to neat resin and glass fiber-reinforced VE. Adding PALF reduced machinability dramatically while generally enhancing VE mechanical properties. Bleached PALF improved fiber-matrix adhesion compared to untreated PALF. Molding resin and composites with pressure enhanced water resistance by 2 - 3 times. Water absorption increased with increasing PALF while bleached PALF somewhat decreased water absorption due to improved wetting. PALF slightly reduced VE thermal stability although enhancement is expected upon using bleached PALF. Molding pressure has no effect on thermal stability of VE and PALF-reinforced VE. This study indicated that PALF may be used to reinforce VE to produce composites utilizing LCM and inexpensive bleach pretreatment. Universiti Malaya 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14487/1/Selected_properties_of_hand-laid_and_compression_molded_pineapple.pdf Abd. Rahman, Mohamed and Mohd Salit, Sapuan and Abdan, Khalina (2010) Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites. International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (IJMME), 5 (1). pp. 68-73. ISSN 1823-0334 http://umrefjournal.um.edu.my/public/article-view.php?id=1519
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description	Pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) are of little use in Malaysia despite being mechanically and environmentally sound. Untreated and bleached PALF were used to reinforce vinyl ester (VE) utilizing hand lay-up (HLU) and liquid compression molding (LCM). Mechanical properties, water absorption and thermal stability were compared to neat resin and glass fiber-reinforced VE. Adding PALF reduced machinability dramatically while generally enhancing VE mechanical properties. Bleached PALF improved fiber-matrix adhesion compared to untreated PALF. Molding resin and composites with pressure enhanced water resistance by 2 - 3 times. Water absorption increased with increasing PALF while bleached PALF somewhat decreased water absorption due to improved wetting. PALF slightly reduced VE thermal stability although enhancement is expected upon using bleached PALF. Molding pressure has no effect on thermal stability of VE and PALF-reinforced VE. This study indicated that PALF may be used to reinforce VE to produce composites utilizing LCM and inexpensive bleach pretreatment.
format	Article
author	Abd. Rahman, Mohamed Mohd Salit, Sapuan Abdan, Khalina
author_facet	Abd. Rahman, Mohamed Mohd Salit, Sapuan Abdan, Khalina
author_sort	Abd. Rahman, Mohamed
title	Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites
title_short	Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites
title_full	Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites
title_fullStr	Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites
title_full_unstemmed	Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites
title_sort	selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (palf)-reinforced vinyl ester composites
publisher	Universiti Malaya
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/14487/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14487/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14487/1/Selected_properties_of_hand-laid_and_compression_molded_pineapple.pdf
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Selected properties of hand-laid and compression molded pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)-reinforced vinyl ester composites

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