Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering
The objective of this study was to investigate the fungi growth on fabricated rattan board under 12 weeks’ exposure in natural weathering. The rattan powder was pressed using a hot-press machine to be turned into rattan boards and they were placed on a 45oC inclined rack at an open area. Longer expo...
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| author | Tajuddin, Maisarah Ahmad , Zuraida Sulaiman, Mohd Faris Haikal Halim, Zahurin Maleque, Md. Abdul |
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| description | The objective of this study was to investigate the fungi growth on fabricated rattan board under 12 weeks’ exposure in natural weathering. The rattan powder was pressed using a hot-press machine to be turned into rattan boards and they were placed on a 45oC inclined rack at an open area. Longer exposure time resulted in occurrences of more surface cracks, fungi growth, and eroded surfaces, which caused a deterioration of 68% in board weight. In addition, optimum temperature, high moisture content, and sufficient oxygen supply proved to be favorable conditions for fungi growth. The soft-rot fungi nourished the components of cell walls, as observed from the morphology analysis through SEM. In conclusion, fungi growth on rattan boards caused surface cracks, fibers collapse, disintegration into small parts, and finally, damaged the fabricated boards. |
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| spelling | iium-517012017-01-13T07:34:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51701/ Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering Tajuddin, Maisarah Ahmad , Zuraida Sulaiman, Mohd Faris Haikal Halim, Zahurin Maleque, Md. Abdul TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The objective of this study was to investigate the fungi growth on fabricated rattan board under 12 weeks’ exposure in natural weathering. The rattan powder was pressed using a hot-press machine to be turned into rattan boards and they were placed on a 45oC inclined rack at an open area. Longer exposure time resulted in occurrences of more surface cracks, fungi growth, and eroded surfaces, which caused a deterioration of 68% in board weight. In addition, optimum temperature, high moisture content, and sufficient oxygen supply proved to be favorable conditions for fungi growth. The soft-rot fungi nourished the components of cell walls, as observed from the morphology analysis through SEM. In conclusion, fungi growth on rattan boards caused surface cracks, fibers collapse, disintegration into small parts, and finally, damaged the fabricated boards. Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51701/1/51701_Fungi_Growth_on_Rattan_Board.pdf Tajuddin, Maisarah and Ahmad , Zuraida and Sulaiman, Mohd Faris Haikal and Halim, Zahurin and Maleque, Md. Abdul (2016) Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering. In: 4th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2016 (ICBioE 2016), 25th-27th July 2016, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/icbioe/2016/ |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Tajuddin, Maisarah Ahmad , Zuraida Sulaiman, Mohd Faris Haikal Halim, Zahurin Maleque, Md. Abdul Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering |
| title | Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering |
| title_full | Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering |
| title_fullStr | Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering |
| title_short | Fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering |
| title_sort | fungi growth on rattan board exposed to natural weathering |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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