Characterization and properties of palm fiber filled unsaturated polyester composites

The research on characterization and properties of palm fiber (PF) filled unsaturated polyester (UP) was investigated. The composites were prepared by using hand lay up technique before cured on oven about 10 minutes at 90˚C. The effect of filler loading on mechanical, flexural properties and morpho...

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Main Author:	Nurul Izza, Abdul Hamid
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Palm fiber (PF) Polyester Polymer composites Filler
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spelling	my-unimap-324262014-03-07T09:07:21Z Characterization and properties of palm fiber filled unsaturated polyester composites Nurul Izza, Abdul Hamid The research on characterization and properties of palm fiber (PF) filled unsaturated polyester (UP) was investigated. The composites were prepared by using hand lay up technique before cured on oven about 10 minutes at 90˚C. The effect of filler loading on mechanical, flexural properties and morphology of palm fiber filled UP composites was studied. The modulus of elasticity and flexural modulus of UP/PF composites increase with increasing palm fiber loading while decrease the tensile strength, flexural strength and elongation at break. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) study on tensile fracture surface of UP/PF composites indicates that poor interfacial interaction between palm fiber and UP matrix with increasing filler loading. Different sizes of palm fiber composites show that the UP/PF composites with size 75 μm have higher tensile and flexural strength, elongation at break, modulus of elasticity and flexural modulus compared the composites with size 150 μm. The chemical treatment of palm fiber with oleoyl chloride, 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) and seawater was used to improved mechanical properties of composites. The effect of oleoyl chloride has increased the tensile and flexural strength, modulus of elasticity, flexural modulus except elongation at break of treated composites. The treated composites with DMAP exhibit higher tensile and flexural strength, modulus of elasticity, flexural modulus but lower elongation at break compared untreated composites. The treatment with seawater of palm fiber has increases tensile and flexural properties, except elongation at break of composites. The micrographs SEM showed the all treated composites have better interfacial interaction and adhesion between fiber and matrix. The change of functional group of treated composites was evidenced by FTIR spectroscopy analysis. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2011 Thesis en http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/32426 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/32426/1/Page%201-24.pdf 42e008539197d0d8c202ffda13bff6a2 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/32426/2/Full%20text.pdf 6081502d741f5e1a66ddd67bd0c533ee http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/32426/3/license.txt 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 Palm fiber (PF) Polyester Polymer composites Filler School of Materials Engineering
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spellingShingle	Palm fiber (PF) Polyester Polymer composites Filler Nurul Izza, Abdul Hamid Characterization and properties of palm fiber filled unsaturated polyester composites
description	The research on characterization and properties of palm fiber (PF) filled unsaturated polyester (UP) was investigated. The composites were prepared by using hand lay up technique before cured on oven about 10 minutes at 90˚C. The effect of filler loading on mechanical, flexural properties and morphology of palm fiber filled UP composites was studied. The modulus of elasticity and flexural modulus of UP/PF composites increase with increasing palm fiber loading while decrease the tensile strength, flexural strength and elongation at break. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) study on tensile fracture surface of UP/PF composites indicates that poor interfacial interaction between palm fiber and UP matrix with increasing filler loading. Different sizes of palm fiber composites show that the UP/PF composites with size 75 μm have higher tensile and flexural strength, elongation at break, modulus of elasticity and flexural modulus compared the composites with size 150 μm. The chemical treatment of palm fiber with oleoyl chloride, 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) and seawater was used to improved mechanical properties of composites. The effect of oleoyl chloride has increased the tensile and flexural strength, modulus of elasticity, flexural modulus except elongation at break of treated composites. The treated composites with DMAP exhibit higher tensile and flexural strength, modulus of elasticity, flexural modulus but lower elongation at break compared untreated composites. The treatment with seawater of palm fiber has increases tensile and flexural properties, except elongation at break of composites. The micrographs SEM showed the all treated composites have better interfacial interaction and adhesion between fiber and matrix. The change of functional group of treated composites was evidenced by FTIR spectroscopy analysis.
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title	Characterization and properties of palm fiber filled unsaturated polyester composites
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Characterization and properties of palm fiber filled unsaturated polyester composites

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