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Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology

This research is carried out to establish interaction between mixing parameters with mechanical properties of polypropylene (PP) incorporated with epoxidized natural rubber (ENR). The blends of PP/ENR were prepared by melt compounding using an internal mixer and vulcanized through sulfur curing syst...

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Main Authors: Mohamad, Noraiham, Zainol, Nur Sharafina, Rahim, Faisal Faris, Mohd Salleh, Mohd Khuzaimi, Azam, Mohd Asyadi, YAAKOB, MOHD YUHAZRI, Abd Manaf, Mohd Edeerozey, Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy, Abdollah, Mohd Fadzli bin
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA 2014
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling my.utem.eprints.136702015-05-28T04:33:18Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13670/ Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology Mohamad, Noraiham Zainol, Nur Sharafina Rahim, Faisal Faris Mohd Salleh, Mohd Khuzaimi Azam, Mohd Asyadi YAAKOB, MOHD YUHAZRI Abd Manaf, Mohd Edeerozey Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy Abdollah, Mohd Fadzli bin TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This research is carried out to establish interaction between mixing parameters with mechanical properties of polypropylene (PP) incorporated with epoxidized natural rubber (ENR). The blends of PP/ENR were prepared by melt compounding using an internal mixer and vulcanized through sulfur curing system. The experiment was designed using two-level factorial design via response surface methodology by Design Expert software. Mechanical testing such as tensile test and impact test were performed to characterize the properties of PP/ENR blends. It was clearly observed that high ENR to PP ratio increases the toughness and flexibility of the PP/ENR blends. In comparison to the pure PP, PP/ENR blend with 40% ENR showed improvement of elongation at break and impact strength up to 68% and 56%, respectively. In contrary, the tensile strength and hardness decreases as the amount of PP decreases. The changes were associated to the properties imparted by the elastic chains of cross-linked ENR. The obtained properties showed good correlation with fracture surfaces observed in microscopy analysis performed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope at magnifications of 500 and 5000-x. Universiti Teknologi MARA 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13670/1/Chapter_1.pdf Mohamad, Noraiham and Zainol, Nur Sharafina and Rahim, Faisal Faris and Mohd Salleh, Mohd Khuzaimi and Azam, Mohd Asyadi and YAAKOB, MOHD YUHAZRI and Abd Manaf, Mohd Edeerozey and Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy and Abdollah, Mohd Fadzli bin (2014) Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 11 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1823-5514 http://fkm.uitm.edu.my/jmeche/
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Mohamad, Noraiham
Zainol, Nur Sharafina
Rahim, Faisal Faris
Mohd Salleh, Mohd Khuzaimi
Azam, Mohd Asyadi
YAAKOB, MOHD YUHAZRI
Abd Manaf, Mohd Edeerozey
Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy
Abdollah, Mohd Fadzli bin
Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology
description This research is carried out to establish interaction between mixing parameters with mechanical properties of polypropylene (PP) incorporated with epoxidized natural rubber (ENR). The blends of PP/ENR were prepared by melt compounding using an internal mixer and vulcanized through sulfur curing system. The experiment was designed using two-level factorial design via response surface methodology by Design Expert software. Mechanical testing such as tensile test and impact test were performed to characterize the properties of PP/ENR blends. It was clearly observed that high ENR to PP ratio increases the toughness and flexibility of the PP/ENR blends. In comparison to the pure PP, PP/ENR blend with 40% ENR showed improvement of elongation at break and impact strength up to 68% and 56%, respectively. In contrary, the tensile strength and hardness decreases as the amount of PP decreases. The changes were associated to the properties imparted by the elastic chains of cross-linked ENR. The obtained properties showed good correlation with fracture surfaces observed in microscopy analysis performed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope at magnifications of 500 and 5000-x.
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author Mohamad, Noraiham
Zainol, Nur Sharafina
Rahim, Faisal Faris
Mohd Salleh, Mohd Khuzaimi
Azam, Mohd Asyadi
YAAKOB, MOHD YUHAZRI
Abd Manaf, Mohd Edeerozey
Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy
Abdollah, Mohd Fadzli bin
author_facet Mohamad, Noraiham
Zainol, Nur Sharafina
Rahim, Faisal Faris
Mohd Salleh, Mohd Khuzaimi
Azam, Mohd Asyadi
YAAKOB, MOHD YUHAZRI
Abd Manaf, Mohd Edeerozey
Ab Maulod, Hairul Effendy
Abdollah, Mohd Fadzli bin
author_sort Mohamad, Noraiham
title Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology
title_short Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology
title_full Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology
title_fullStr Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology
title_full_unstemmed Interaction of Mixing Factors with Mechanical Properties of PP/ENR Blend via Response Surface Methodology
title_sort interaction of mixing factors with mechanical properties of pp/enr blend via response surface methodology
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13670/1/Chapter_1.pdf
http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13670/
http://fkm.uitm.edu.my/jmeche/
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