Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure

This research aims to compare the mechanical properties of WPC made from 30 % of rice husk as fibre and 70 % of polypropylene as polymer with and without prolonged UV irradiation exposure. WPC samples are tested with UV irradiation at 5000, 10000, 15000 and 20000 hours with temperature 50 °C and tes...

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Main Authors: S., N. Afiqah, M. Rus, Anika Zafiah, Z., M. Zulhafiz, Syah, A. Shahrizan, M. J., Farhana Hazwanee, M., Noraini, I., S. Aida
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author S., N. Afiqah
M. Rus, Anika Zafiah
Z., M. Zulhafiz
Syah, A. Shahrizan
M. J., Farhana Hazwanee
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I., S. Aida
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description This research aims to compare the mechanical properties of WPC made from 30 % of rice husk as fibre and 70 % of polypropylene as polymer with and without prolonged UV irradiation exposure. WPC samples are tested with UV irradiation at 5000, 10000, 15000 and 20000 hours with temperature 50 °C and tested with compression test (ASTM D695-15) and tensile test (ASTM D638-02), while physi-cal properties characterization was done by density test (ASTM D792-13) and OM test. The compression and tensile result shows de-crease value of mechanical properties due to the presence of chain breaking activity contributed from the process of photo oxidation throughout the UV exposure. The effect of UV exposure also resulted in decrease of WPC samples density value as the longer the expo-sure, the lower the samples density due to the losses of volatile particle. In conclusion, the weather ability of WPC was observed by pro-longed exposure to UV radiation thus highlights the influence of parameters involved in the degradation rate of WPC as to contribute a good guidelines and resolution for the future growth of polymer composite structure.
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spelling my.uthm.eprints-36522021-11-21T06:28:40Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3652/ Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure S., N. Afiqah M. Rus, Anika Zafiah Z., M. Zulhafiz Syah, A. Shahrizan M. J., Farhana Hazwanee M., Noraini I., S. Aida TP1080-1185 Polymers and polymer manufacture This research aims to compare the mechanical properties of WPC made from 30 % of rice husk as fibre and 70 % of polypropylene as polymer with and without prolonged UV irradiation exposure. WPC samples are tested with UV irradiation at 5000, 10000, 15000 and 20000 hours with temperature 50 °C and tested with compression test (ASTM D695-15) and tensile test (ASTM D638-02), while physi-cal properties characterization was done by density test (ASTM D792-13) and OM test. The compression and tensile result shows de-crease value of mechanical properties due to the presence of chain breaking activity contributed from the process of photo oxidation throughout the UV exposure. The effect of UV exposure also resulted in decrease of WPC samples density value as the longer the expo-sure, the lower the samples density due to the losses of volatile particle. In conclusion, the weather ability of WPC was observed by pro-longed exposure to UV radiation thus highlights the influence of parameters involved in the degradation rate of WPC as to contribute a good guidelines and resolution for the future growth of polymer composite structure. Science Publishing Corporation 2018 Article PeerReviewed S., N. Afiqah and M. Rus, Anika Zafiah and Z., M. Zulhafiz and Syah, A. Shahrizan and M. J., Farhana Hazwanee and M., Noraini and I., S. Aida (2018) Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7 (3.28). pp. 258-260. ISSN 2227-524X
spellingShingle TP1080-1185 Polymers and polymer manufacture
S., N. Afiqah
M. Rus, Anika Zafiah
Z., M. Zulhafiz
Syah, A. Shahrizan
M. J., Farhana Hazwanee
M., Noraini
I., S. Aida
Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure
title Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure
title_full Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure
title_fullStr Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure
title_short Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (WPCs) after prolonged ultra-violet (UV) irradiation exposure
title_sort mechanical properties of wood polymer composites (wpcs) after prolonged ultra-violet (uv) irradiation exposure
topic TP1080-1185 Polymers and polymer manufacture
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