Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites

In this study rice husk reinforced polyethylene composites and their test specimens were manufactured using a single screw extruder and an injection molding machine, respectively. Raw rice husk was chemically treated with benzene diazonium salt in alkali, acidic, and neutral media, in order to i...

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Main Authors: Md. Rezaur, Rahman, Md. Nazrul, Islam, Md. Monimul, Huque, Sinin, Hamdan, Abu Saleh, Ahmed
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13929/1/EFFECT%20OF%20CHEMICAL%20TREATMENT%20ON%20RICE%20HUSK%20%28RH%29%20%28abstract%29.pdf
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Md. Nazrul, Islam
Md. Monimul, Huque
Sinin, Hamdan
Abu Saleh, Ahmed
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Md. Monimul, Huque
Sinin, Hamdan
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description In this study rice husk reinforced polyethylene composites and their test specimens were manufactured using a single screw extruder and an injection molding machine, respectively. Raw rice husk was chemically treated with benzene diazonium salt in alkali, acidic, and neutral media, in order to improve in the mechanical properties. The mechanical properties of the composites prepared from alkaline media treated rice husk were found to increase substantially compared to those of acidic media, neutral media, and untreated ones. However, the values for the alkaline media treated rice husk-PE composites at all mixing ratios were found to be higher than those of treated acidic media, treated neutral media, and untreated rice husk composites respectively. The SEM micrographs reveal that interfacial bonding between the treated filler and the matrix has significantly improved, suggesting that better dispersion of the filler into the matrix was achieved upon treatment of rice husk. Based on filler loading, 35% filler reinforced composites had the optimum set of mechanical properties among all composites manufactured.
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spelling unimas-139292016-10-13T03:40:48Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13929/ Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites Md. Rezaur, Rahman Md. Nazrul, Islam Md. Monimul, Huque Sinin, Hamdan Abu Saleh, Ahmed QD Chemistry TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery In this study rice husk reinforced polyethylene composites and their test specimens were manufactured using a single screw extruder and an injection molding machine, respectively. Raw rice husk was chemically treated with benzene diazonium salt in alkali, acidic, and neutral media, in order to improve in the mechanical properties. The mechanical properties of the composites prepared from alkaline media treated rice husk were found to increase substantially compared to those of acidic media, neutral media, and untreated ones. However, the values for the alkaline media treated rice husk-PE composites at all mixing ratios were found to be higher than those of treated acidic media, treated neutral media, and untreated rice husk composites respectively. The SEM micrographs reveal that interfacial bonding between the treated filler and the matrix has significantly improved, suggesting that better dispersion of the filler into the matrix was achieved upon treatment of rice husk. Based on filler loading, 35% filler reinforced composites had the optimum set of mechanical properties among all composites manufactured. BioResources 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13929/1/EFFECT%20OF%20CHEMICAL%20TREATMENT%20ON%20RICE%20HUSK%20%28RH%29%20%28abstract%29.pdf Md. Rezaur, Rahman and Md. Nazrul, Islam and Md. Monimul, Huque and Sinin, Hamdan and Abu Saleh, Ahmed (2010) Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites. BioResources, 5 (2). pp. 854-869. ISSN 1930-2126
spellingShingle QD Chemistry
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Md. Rezaur, Rahman
Md. Nazrul, Islam
Md. Monimul, Huque
Sinin, Hamdan
Abu Saleh, Ahmed
Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites
title Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites
title_full Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites
title_fullStr Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites
title_full_unstemmed Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites
title_short Effect Of Chemical Treatment On Rice Husk (RH) Reinforced Polyethylene (PE) Composites
title_sort effect of chemical treatment on rice husk (rh) reinforced polyethylene (pe) composites
topic QD Chemistry
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13929/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13929/1/EFFECT%20OF%20CHEMICAL%20TREATMENT%20ON%20RICE%20HUSK%20%28RH%29%20%28abstract%29.pdf