Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre
Coconut fibre reinforced composite was prepared by blending unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) from waste PET with 0.3 v% of coconut fibre. The coconut fibres were pre-treated with sodium hydroxide followed by silane prior to inclusion into the UPR. The untreated coconut fibres reinforced composite w...
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| description | Coconut fibre reinforced composite was prepared by blending unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) from waste PET with 0.3 v% of coconut fibre. The coconut fibres were pre-treated with sodium hydroxide followed by silane prior to inclusion into the UPR. The untreated coconut fibres reinforced composite were used as a control. Dricon® as a phosphate type of flame retardant was then added to the composite to reduce the flammability of the composite. The amount of Dricon® was varied from 0 to 10 wt% of the overall mass of resin. The burning properties and limiting oxygen index (LOI) of the treated and untreated composites increased with the addition of Dricon®. The tensile strength and modulus of both composites were also increased with the addition of Dricon®. The treated fibre composite with 5 wt% Dricon® showed the highest burning time and LOI with the values of 101.5 s and 34 s, respectively. The optimum tensile strength and modulus for treated fibre composite was at 5 wt% Dricon® whereas the untreated fibre composite was at 2.5 wt% loading of Dricon®. Thermogravimetry (TGA) analysis indicated that the degradation temperature increased with the addition of Dricon® up to 5 wt% into UPR/coconut fibre composites. Morphological observations indicated better distribution of Dricon® for treated fibre composite resulted in enhancement of the tensile properties of the treated fibre composite. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:62852016-12-14T06:40:44Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/ Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre Nurul Munirah Abdullah, Ishak Ahmad, Coconut fibre reinforced composite was prepared by blending unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) from waste PET with 0.3 v% of coconut fibre. The coconut fibres were pre-treated with sodium hydroxide followed by silane prior to inclusion into the UPR. The untreated coconut fibres reinforced composite were used as a control. Dricon® as a phosphate type of flame retardant was then added to the composite to reduce the flammability of the composite. The amount of Dricon® was varied from 0 to 10 wt% of the overall mass of resin. The burning properties and limiting oxygen index (LOI) of the treated and untreated composites increased with the addition of Dricon®. The tensile strength and modulus of both composites were also increased with the addition of Dricon®. The treated fibre composite with 5 wt% Dricon® showed the highest burning time and LOI with the values of 101.5 s and 34 s, respectively. The optimum tensile strength and modulus for treated fibre composite was at 5 wt% Dricon® whereas the untreated fibre composite was at 2.5 wt% loading of Dricon®. Thermogravimetry (TGA) analysis indicated that the degradation temperature increased with the addition of Dricon® up to 5 wt% into UPR/coconut fibre composites. Morphological observations indicated better distribution of Dricon® for treated fibre composite resulted in enhancement of the tensile properties of the treated fibre composite. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/1/14_Nurul_Munirah.pdf Nurul Munirah Abdullah, and Ishak Ahmad, (2013) Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (6). pp. 811-818. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/ |
| spellingShingle | Nurul Munirah Abdullah, Ishak Ahmad, Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre |
| title | Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre |
| title_full | Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre |
| title_fullStr | Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre |
| title_short | Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre |
| title_sort | fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (pet) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/1/14_Nurul_Munirah.pdf |