Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites

The physical, chemical, thermal, crystalline, surface morphology, tensile, water absorption of untreated and alkali treated nipah (nypa fruticans) palm fibre were investigated in this work. There were two types of fibres extracted from the fronds, Fibre A and Fibre B, with 0.530 mm and 0.039 mm diam...

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Main Author:	Tracy, Dickie
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32196/3/Tracy.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.321962023-10-17T03:00:17Z Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites 2020-10-11 Tracy, Dickie TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The physical, chemical, thermal, crystalline, surface morphology, tensile, water absorption of untreated and alkali treated nipah (nypa fruticans) palm fibre were investigated in this work. There were two types of fibres extracted from the fronds, Fibre A and Fibre B, with 0.530 mm and 0.039 mm diameter respectively. The untreated and alkali treated nipah palm fibre were studied for its behaviour towards Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). Hand lay-up and cold press method were used to fabricate nipah palm composite. The highest composite strength and Young’s modulus for Fibre A were at 29.36 MPa and 471 MPa respectively. For Fibre B composites, the highest strength was at 29.67 MPa and 102 MPa for its Young’s modulus. The results of water absorption test showed better absorption resistance of treated fibre towards water. Future work direction of this investigation is to use vacuum bagging method to fabricate the composite and to use different types of polymer matrix. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2020-10 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32196/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32196/3/Tracy.pdf text en validuser phd doctoral UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK (UNIMAS) Faculty of Engineering
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Tracy, Dickie Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites
description	The physical, chemical, thermal, crystalline, surface morphology, tensile, water absorption of untreated and alkali treated nipah (nypa fruticans) palm fibre were investigated in this work. There were two types of fibres extracted from the fronds, Fibre A and Fibre B, with 0.530 mm and 0.039 mm diameter respectively. The untreated and alkali treated nipah palm fibre were studied for its behaviour towards Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). Hand lay-up and cold press method were used to fabricate nipah palm composite. The highest composite strength and Young’s modulus for Fibre A were at 29.36 MPa and 471 MPa respectively. For Fibre B composites, the highest strength was at 29.67 MPa and 102 MPa for its Young’s modulus. The results of water absorption test showed better absorption resistance of treated fibre towards water. Future work direction of this investigation is to use vacuum bagging method to fabricate the composite and to use different types of polymer matrix.
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author	Tracy, Dickie
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title	Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites
title_short	Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites
title_full	Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites
title_fullStr	Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites
title_full_unstemmed	Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites
title_sort	physical, mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of nipah (nypa fruticans) palm fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
granting_institution	UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK (UNIMAS)
granting_department	Faculty of Engineering
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Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of Nipah (Nypa Fruticans) Palm Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites

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