The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed

The utilisation of agricultural fibres into useful plastics product has introduce new alternative materials to the plastics industry. The waste agricultural products obtain from jute, padi, palm and oil palm are some of the materials which can be used as fillers in polymer. Attempts have been made t...

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Main Authors: Engku Zawawi, Engku Zaharah, Mohamed, Rahmah, Muhammed, Suhaimi
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Muhammed, Suhaimi
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description The utilisation of agricultural fibres into useful plastics product has introduce new alternative materials to the plastics industry. The waste agricultural products obtain from jute, padi, palm and oil palm are some of the materials which can be used as fillers in polymer. Attempts have been made to incorporate oil palm fibre into thermoplastics and thermoset systems. In thermoplastic matrix, oil palm fibre ( OPF ) from frond parts was incorporated into Polypropylene/Nylon blend in different ratios and fibre length. Mechanical properties especially flexural and impact properties was found to improve slightly. Generally, higher composition and fibre length do affect its processing characteristics during moulding. In thermoset system, OPF in a fixed composition was incorporated into unsaturated or vinyl ester resin. Variation in fibre length affected the density and water absorption of the composite. Although the OPF-plastics composite was inferior in terms of flexural properties compared to the unreinforced and reinforced glass system, the oil palm fibre-plastics composite can be regarded as a potential material for future application provided proper modifications are made.
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spelling my.uitm.ir-618552023-01-27T04:22:32Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/61855/ The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed gading Engku Zawawi, Engku Zaharah Mohamed, Rahmah Muhammed, Suhaimi Plastics Polypropylene Palm oil The utilisation of agricultural fibres into useful plastics product has introduce new alternative materials to the plastics industry. The waste agricultural products obtain from jute, padi, palm and oil palm are some of the materials which can be used as fillers in polymer. Attempts have been made to incorporate oil palm fibre into thermoplastics and thermoset systems. In thermoplastic matrix, oil palm fibre ( OPF ) from frond parts was incorporated into Polypropylene/Nylon blend in different ratios and fibre length. Mechanical properties especially flexural and impact properties was found to improve slightly. Generally, higher composition and fibre length do affect its processing characteristics during moulding. In thermoset system, OPF in a fixed composition was incorporated into unsaturated or vinyl ester resin. Variation in fibre length affected the density and water absorption of the composite. Although the OPF-plastics composite was inferior in terms of flexural properties compared to the unreinforced and reinforced glass system, the oil palm fibre-plastics composite can be regarded as a potential material for future application provided proper modifications are made. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2000 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/61855/1/61855.PDF The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed. (2000) GADING Jurnal UiTM Cawangan Pahang <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/GADING_Jurnal_UiTM_Cawangan_Pahang/>, 5 (4): 4. pp. 25-31. ISSN 0128-5599
spellingShingle Plastics
Polypropylene
Palm oil
Engku Zawawi, Engku Zaharah
Mohamed, Rahmah
Muhammed, Suhaimi
The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed
title The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed
title_full The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed
title_fullStr The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed
title_full_unstemmed The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed
title_short The properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / Engku Zaharah Engku Zawawi, Rahmah Mohamed and Suhaimi Muhammed
title_sort properties of composite panel manufactured from oil palm fibres and plastics / engku zaharah engku zawawi, rahmah mohamed and suhaimi muhammed
topic Plastics
Polypropylene
Palm oil
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