Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites
The development of environmentally benign silicone composites from sugar palm fibre and silicone rubber was carried out in this study. The mechanical, physical, and morphological properties of the composites with sugar palm (SP) filler contents ranging from 0% to 16% by weight (wt%) were investigate...
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| author | Kamarul Bahrain, Siti Humairah Nik Masdek, Nik Rozlin Mahmud, Jamaluddin Mohammed, M. N. Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ilyas, R. A. Mohamed, Abdullah Shamseldin, Mohamed A. Abdelrahman, Anas Asyraf, M. R. M. |
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| description | The development of environmentally benign silicone composites from sugar palm fibre and silicone rubber was carried out in this study. The mechanical, physical, and morphological properties of the composites with sugar palm (SP) filler contents ranging from 0% to 16% by weight (wt%) were investigated. Based on the uniaxial tensile tests, it was found that the increment in filler content led to higher stiffness. Via dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), the viscoelastic properties of the silicone biocomposite showed that the storage modulus and loss modulus increased with the increment in filler content. The physical properties also revealed that the density and moisture absorption rate increased as the filler content increased. Inversely, the swelling effect of the highest filler content (16 wt%) revealed that its swelling ratio possessed the lowest rate as compared to the lower filler addition and pure silicone rubber. The morphological analysis via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the sugar palm filler was evenly dispersed and no agglomeration could be seen. Thus, it can be concluded that the addition of sugar palm filler enhanced the stiffness property of silicone rubber. These new findings could contribute positively to the employment of natural fibres as reinforcements for greener biocomposite materials. |
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| spelling | upm-1022432023-06-16T20:14:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102243/ Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites Kamarul Bahrain, Siti Humairah Nik Masdek, Nik Rozlin Mahmud, Jamaluddin Mohammed, M. N. Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ilyas, R. A. Mohamed, Abdullah Shamseldin, Mohamed A. Abdelrahman, Anas Asyraf, M. R. M. The development of environmentally benign silicone composites from sugar palm fibre and silicone rubber was carried out in this study. The mechanical, physical, and morphological properties of the composites with sugar palm (SP) filler contents ranging from 0% to 16% by weight (wt%) were investigated. Based on the uniaxial tensile tests, it was found that the increment in filler content led to higher stiffness. Via dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), the viscoelastic properties of the silicone biocomposite showed that the storage modulus and loss modulus increased with the increment in filler content. The physical properties also revealed that the density and moisture absorption rate increased as the filler content increased. Inversely, the swelling effect of the highest filler content (16 wt%) revealed that its swelling ratio possessed the lowest rate as compared to the lower filler addition and pure silicone rubber. The morphological analysis via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the sugar palm filler was evenly dispersed and no agglomeration could be seen. Thus, it can be concluded that the addition of sugar palm filler enhanced the stiffness property of silicone rubber. These new findings could contribute positively to the employment of natural fibres as reinforcements for greener biocomposite materials. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022-06-08 Article PeerReviewed Kamarul Bahrain, Siti Humairah and Nik Masdek, Nik Rozlin and Mahmud, Jamaluddin and Mohammed, M. N. and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Ilyas, R. A. and Mohamed, Abdullah and Shamseldin, Mohamed A. and Abdelrahman, Anas and Asyraf, M. R. M. (2022) Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites. Materials, 15 (12). art. no. 4062. pp. 1-16. ISSN 1996-1944 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/12/4062 10.3390/ma15124062 |
| spellingShingle | Kamarul Bahrain, Siti Humairah Nik Masdek, Nik Rozlin Mahmud, Jamaluddin Mohammed, M. N. Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ilyas, R. A. Mohamed, Abdullah Shamseldin, Mohamed A. Abdelrahman, Anas Asyraf, M. R. M. Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites |
| title | Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites |
| title_full | Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites |
| title_fullStr | Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites |
| title_short | Morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (Arenga pinnata (Wurmb)Merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites |
| title_sort | morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of sugar-palm (arenga pinnata (wurmb)merr.)- reinforced silicone rubber biocomposites |
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