Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is one of the most useful and versatile materials known to man. In this research, eggshell as a natural composite bioceramics was used to modify and improve the mechanical properties of an existing polyethylene which is widely used to manufacture daily goods by small med...
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| description | Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is one of the most useful and versatile materials known to man. In this
research, eggshell as a natural composite bioceramics was used to modify and improve the
mechanical properties of an existing polyethylene which is widely used to manufacture daily goods
by small medium industries in Malaysia. Chicken eggshell containing 95% Calcium Carbonate is
highly potential to be used as bio-filler to improve poly-based matrix in improving their
performance behavior. PE was chosen for this project to modify its virgin mechanical properties by
reinforcing eggshell/calcium carbonate and later investigate its character to improve the current
product’s performance. Tensile, creep and flexural tests were carried out to characterize the
developed PE-CaCO3 composites. Eggshells which were prepared into hundreds of microns and
furnace dried at 90oC continuously for eight hours to improve the bonding capability. They were
then particulated into polyethylene matrix accordingly as per the designed weight ratios, 10%, 20%,
30% and 40%. From the result, it was learnt that the ES filler has improved mechanical properties
of virgin PE as far as 5% to 9% depending on the filler weight ratio. Therefore, ES which was a
burden for disposal and being environmental threat can now be used for the betterment of PE
product performance. |
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| spelling | utem-43152021-12-31T16:00:33Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4315/ Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites Sivarao, Subramonian Mohd Rizal , Salleh Ahmad, Kamely Tajul Ariffin, Abdullah Taufik, - TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is one of the most useful and versatile materials known to man. In this research, eggshell as a natural composite bioceramics was used to modify and improve the mechanical properties of an existing polyethylene which is widely used to manufacture daily goods by small medium industries in Malaysia. Chicken eggshell containing 95% Calcium Carbonate is highly potential to be used as bio-filler to improve poly-based matrix in improving their performance behavior. PE was chosen for this project to modify its virgin mechanical properties by reinforcing eggshell/calcium carbonate and later investigate its character to improve the current product’s performance. Tensile, creep and flexural tests were carried out to characterize the developed PE-CaCO3 composites. Eggshells which were prepared into hundreds of microns and furnace dried at 90oC continuously for eight hours to improve the bonding capability. They were then particulated into polyethylene matrix accordingly as per the designed weight ratios, 10%, 20%, 30% and 40%. From the result, it was learnt that the ES filler has improved mechanical properties of virgin PE as far as 5% to 9% depending on the filler weight ratio. Therefore, ES which was a burden for disposal and being environmental threat can now be used for the betterment of PE product performance. Trans Tech Publications 2011-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4315/1/AMR.264-265.880.pdf Sivarao, Subramonian and Mohd Rizal , Salleh and Ahmad, Kamely and Tajul Ariffin, Abdullah and Taufik, - (2011) Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites. Advanced Materials Research, 264-26. pp. 880-887. ISSN 10226680 http://www.scientific.net doi:10.4028 |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures Sivarao, Subramonian Mohd Rizal , Salleh Ahmad, Kamely Tajul Ariffin, Abdullah Taufik, - Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites |
| title | Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites |
| title_full | Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites |
| title_fullStr | Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites |
| title_short | Mechanical Properties Modification of Polyethylene (PE) for CaCO3 Particulated Composites |
| title_sort | mechanical properties modification of polyethylene (pe) for caco3 particulated composites |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures |
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