Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites

A study of the melt volume flow rate (MVR) and the melt flow rate (MFR) of kenaf fibre (KF) reinforced Floreon (FLO) and magnesium hydroxide (MH) biocomposites under different temperatures (160–180 °C) and weight loadings (2.16, 5, 10 kg) is presented in this paper. FLO has the lowest values of MFR...

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Main Authors: Lee, Ching Hao, Salit, Mohd Sapuan, Lee, J. H., Hassan, Mohd Roshdi
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016
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author Lee, Ching Hao
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Lee, J. H.
Hassan, Mohd Roshdi
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Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Lee, J. H.
Hassan, Mohd Roshdi
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building UPM Institutional Repository
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description A study of the melt volume flow rate (MVR) and the melt flow rate (MFR) of kenaf fibre (KF) reinforced Floreon (FLO) and magnesium hydroxide (MH) biocomposites under different temperatures (160–180 °C) and weight loadings (2.16, 5, 10 kg) is presented in this paper. FLO has the lowest values of MFR and MVR. The increment of the melt flow properties (MVR and MFR) has been found for KF or MH insertion due to the hydrolytic degradation of the polylactic acid in FLO. Deterioration of the entanglement density at high temperature, shear thinning and wall slip velocity were the possible causes for the higher melt flow properties. Increasing the KF loadings caused the higher melt flow properties while the higher MH contents created stronger bonding for higher macromolecular chain flow resistance, hence lower melt flow properties were recorded. However, the complicated melt flow behaviour of the KF reinforced FLO/MH biocomposites was found in this study. The high probability of KF–KF and KF–MH collisions was expected and there were more collisions for higher fibre and filler loading causing lower melt flow properties.
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spelling upm-547782019-11-06T09:19:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54778/ Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites Lee, Ching Hao Salit, Mohd Sapuan Lee, J. H. Hassan, Mohd Roshdi A study of the melt volume flow rate (MVR) and the melt flow rate (MFR) of kenaf fibre (KF) reinforced Floreon (FLO) and magnesium hydroxide (MH) biocomposites under different temperatures (160–180 °C) and weight loadings (2.16, 5, 10 kg) is presented in this paper. FLO has the lowest values of MFR and MVR. The increment of the melt flow properties (MVR and MFR) has been found for KF or MH insertion due to the hydrolytic degradation of the polylactic acid in FLO. Deterioration of the entanglement density at high temperature, shear thinning and wall slip velocity were the possible causes for the higher melt flow properties. Increasing the KF loadings caused the higher melt flow properties while the higher MH contents created stronger bonding for higher macromolecular chain flow resistance, hence lower melt flow properties were recorded. However, the complicated melt flow behaviour of the KF reinforced FLO/MH biocomposites was found in this study. The high probability of KF–KF and KF–MH collisions was expected and there were more collisions for higher fibre and filler loading causing lower melt flow properties. SpringerOpen 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54778/1/Melt%20volume%20flow%20rate%20and%20melt%20flow%20rate%20of%20kenaf%20fibre%20reinforced%20Floreon.pdf Lee, Ching Hao and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Lee, J. H. and Hassan, Mohd Roshdi (2016) Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites. SpringerPlus, 5. art. no. 1680. pp. 1-6. ISSN 2193-1801 https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-016-3044-1 10.1186/s40064-016-3044-1
spellingShingle Lee, Ching Hao
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Lee, J. H.
Hassan, Mohd Roshdi
Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites
title Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites
title_full Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites
title_fullStr Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites
title_full_unstemmed Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites
title_short Melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced Floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites
title_sort melt volume flow rate and melt flow rate of kenaf fibre reinforced floreon/magnesium hydroxide biocomposites
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54778/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54778/1/Melt%20volume%20flow%20rate%20and%20melt%20flow%20rate%20of%20kenaf%20fibre%20reinforced%20Floreon.pdf