Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres.
Recently, due to increased environmental concerns, scientists and technologists have placed great importance on the application of natural fibres, especially in biocomposites. The sugar palm tree is one of the most popular natural fibres used in engineering applications. A study on the fundamental...
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| author | J., Sahari Salit, Mohd Sapuan Z.N., Ismarrubie Abdul Rahman, M.Z. |
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| description | Recently, due to increased environmental concerns, scientists and technologists have placed great importance on the application of natural fibres, especially in biocomposites. The sugar palm tree is one of the most popular natural fibres used in engineering applications.
A study on the fundamental properties of fibres from different morphological parts of the sugar palm plant, which are bunch, black sugar palm fibre, locally known as ijuk, trunk and frond was carried out in order to evaluate their potential as eventual raw materials for reinforced polymer composites. From this study, it was found that sugar palm frond (SPF)gives the highest tensile strength compared to the other parts, which is 421.4 N/mm2. The
tensile strength for sugar palm bunch (SPB), ijuk and sugar palm trunk (SPT) is 365.1,276.6 and 198.3 N/mm2, respectively. These results have been proven using those for their chemical compositions, where the highest cellulose content was obtained from SPF (66.5%),
followed by SPB (61.8%), ijuk (52.3%), and SPT (40.6%). For water absorption testing, it was found that SPF also gave the highest percentage - 132.8%, followed by SPB, ijuk and
SPT. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy was used in order to detect the presence of functional groups existing in sugar palm fibre. |
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| spelling | upm-252302015-10-06T01:32:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25230/ Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. J., Sahari Salit, Mohd Sapuan Z.N., Ismarrubie Abdul Rahman, M.Z. Recently, due to increased environmental concerns, scientists and technologists have placed great importance on the application of natural fibres, especially in biocomposites. The sugar palm tree is one of the most popular natural fibres used in engineering applications. A study on the fundamental properties of fibres from different morphological parts of the sugar palm plant, which are bunch, black sugar palm fibre, locally known as ijuk, trunk and frond was carried out in order to evaluate their potential as eventual raw materials for reinforced polymer composites. From this study, it was found that sugar palm frond (SPF)gives the highest tensile strength compared to the other parts, which is 421.4 N/mm2. The tensile strength for sugar palm bunch (SPB), ijuk and sugar palm trunk (SPT) is 365.1,276.6 and 198.3 N/mm2, respectively. These results have been proven using those for their chemical compositions, where the highest cellulose content was obtained from SPF (66.5%), followed by SPB (61.8%), ijuk (52.3%), and SPT (40.6%). For water absorption testing, it was found that SPF also gave the highest percentage - 132.8%, followed by SPB, ijuk and SPT. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy was used in order to detect the presence of functional groups existing in sugar palm fibre. Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25230/1/Physical%20and%20chemical%20properties%20of%20different%20morphological%20parts%20of%20sugar%20palm%20fibres.pdf J., Sahari and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Z.N., Ismarrubie and Abdul Rahman, M.Z. (2012) Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe, 19 (2). pp. 21-24. ISSN 1230-3666 English |
| spellingShingle | J., Sahari Salit, Mohd Sapuan Z.N., Ismarrubie Abdul Rahman, M.Z. Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. |
| title | Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. |
| title_full | Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. |
| title_fullStr | Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. |
| title_short | Physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. |
| title_sort | physical and chemical properties of different morphological parts of sugar palm fibres. |
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