Mechanical properties of hybrid polypropylene composite reinforced with oil palm and coir fiber
The study shows the reinforcement of natural fiber that is oil palm and coir to polypropylene composite. The main objectives of the project are to achieve the good combination of properties of hybrid oil palm EBF and coir as filler reinforced in polypropy...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6535/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6535/1/Brian%20Anak%20Deng%20%20ft.pdf |
| Summary: | The study shows the reinforcement of natural fiber that is oil palm and coir to
polypropylene composite.
The main objectives of the project are to achieve the good
combination of properties of hybrid oil palm EBF and coir as filler reinforced in
polypropylene composite.
The hybrid composite having polypropylene reinforced with
coir and oil palm EBF fiber wil
l give different result in mechanical properties of the
composites compared to the coir or oil palm EBF fiber as filler as single filler in
polypropylene composite.
Thus in this study the effect of combine the coir and oil palm
EFB to polypropylene matrix
composite on the mechanical properties was investigated
.
In this study, the fiber loading is varies from 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% incorporated
to the composite
.
The test is carried out to find the mechanica
l properties of the
composite.
The test that con
ducted
was
tensile test, flexural test and water absorption test.
The test also carried in two state of fiber that is untreated fiber and treated fiber.
The
coupling agent used in
this study is sodium periodate (NaIO
4
) and sodium hydroxyl
(
NaOH
)
.
The test
show that the addition of fiber loading to composite did not improve
the tensile strength of composite for treated or untreated fiber. For flexural test the
addition of untreated fiber to composite did not improve the flexural properties but for
treated fi
ber the additional of fiber to composite improve it flexural strength. The water
absorption test revealed that additional of untreated fiber improved water absorption but
additional of treated fiber did not improved water absorption
characteristic
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