Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation

This research was carried out to study the enhancement of properties of sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester composites. The study was divided into three stages, where the first stage focused on the characterization of tensile, chemical properties, thermogravimetric ana...

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Main Author:	Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Palm sugar Composite materials
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spelling	my-upm-ir.475192016-07-14T04:27:33Z Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation 2012-06 Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan This research was carried out to study the enhancement of properties of sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester composites. The study was divided into three stages, where the first stage focused on the characterization of tensile, chemical properties, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra of the sugar palm fibers obtained from different heights (1,3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 m) of a sugar palm tree. It was observed that the fibers obtained from dead palm frond region showed the lowest tensile properties and considered to be biologically egraded. Chemical analysis of the fibers showed that the content of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin had a direct relationship to the increase in tensile strength, elongation at break and modulus of the fiber respectively. The second stage of the study investigated the effects vacuum resin impregnation on physical and mechanical properties of the sugar palm fibers. The fibers were impregnated with two different impregnation agents: phenol formaldehyde (PF) and unsaturated polyester (UP) at a constant pressure of 1000 mmHg at different impregnation times (0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 minutes). Both physical and mechanical properties of the fibers showed significant improvement after being impregnated for 5 minutes and no improvement when impregnation time was extended from 10 to 25 minutes. The study further investigated the effects of elevating impregnation pressure (1000, 900, 800, 700, 600 and 500 mmHg) on physical and mechanical properties of sugar palm fiber with PF and UP at constant impregnation time of 5 minutes. It was observed that the moisture content (MC) of the impregnated fibers dropped from 8.19% to 0.75-0.46% for PF and 0.87-0.44% for UP, while the water absorption (WA) was reduced from 116.82% to 61.64-22.52% for PF and 63.49-23.31% for UP.The tensile strength increased from 243.77 MPa to 251.39-297.67 MPa for PF and 287.84-344.71 MPa for UP. The tensile moduli increased from 3.07 GPa to 3.1-3.98 GPa for PF and 3.15-3.98 GPa for UP. The elongation at break decreased from 25.16% to 17.66-6.26% for PF and 24.24-19.05% for UP. Low tensile strength and elongation at break of PF-impregnated fibers showed that the fibers were inferior in toughness (48.51 MJ/m3 to 33.08-12.29 MJ/m3) compared to UP-impregnated fibers (48.51 MJ/m3 to 57.56-45.21 MJ/m3). The third stage was continued by impregnating the fibers with UP resin at impregnation pressure of 600 mmHg for 5 minutes. The inter-facial shear strength (IFSS), TGA and FT-IR spectra of UP-impregnated sugar palm fiber were initially determined before the fibers were used as reinforcement in composites at 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50% fiber loading. It was observed that the impregnation process increased the fiber-matrix inter facial bonding by 72.46%. The lower moisture uptake of the impregnated fiber than the control was qualitatively proven by TGA and FT-IR spectra. In general, the impregnated composites showed better tensile and flexural properties than the controls where 30% fiber loading gave the highest values. It was also observed that MC, WA, thickness swelling (TS) and linear expansion (LE) of impregnated composites were lower than the controls and the moisture excluding efficiency (MEE) and anti-swelling efficiency (ASE) were also increased. Palm sugar Composite materials 2012-06 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47519/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47519/1/FK%202012%2062R.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Palm sugar Composite materials
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spellingShingle	Palm sugar Composite materials Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation
description	This research was carried out to study the enhancement of properties of sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester composites. The study was divided into three stages, where the first stage focused on the characterization of tensile, chemical properties, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra of the sugar palm fibers obtained from different heights (1,3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 m) of a sugar palm tree. It was observed that the fibers obtained from dead palm frond region showed the lowest tensile properties and considered to be biologically egraded. Chemical analysis of the fibers showed that the content of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin had a direct relationship to the increase in tensile strength, elongation at break and modulus of the fiber respectively. The second stage of the study investigated the effects vacuum resin impregnation on physical and mechanical properties of the sugar palm fibers. The fibers were impregnated with two different impregnation agents: phenol formaldehyde (PF) and unsaturated polyester (UP) at a constant pressure of 1000 mmHg at different impregnation times (0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 minutes). Both physical and mechanical properties of the fibers showed significant improvement after being impregnated for 5 minutes and no improvement when impregnation time was extended from 10 to 25 minutes. The study further investigated the effects of elevating impregnation pressure (1000, 900, 800, 700, 600 and 500 mmHg) on physical and mechanical properties of sugar palm fiber with PF and UP at constant impregnation time of 5 minutes. It was observed that the moisture content (MC) of the impregnated fibers dropped from 8.19% to 0.75-0.46% for PF and 0.87-0.44% for UP, while the water absorption (WA) was reduced from 116.82% to 61.64-22.52% for PF and 63.49-23.31% for UP.The tensile strength increased from 243.77 MPa to 251.39-297.67 MPa for PF and 287.84-344.71 MPa for UP. The tensile moduli increased from 3.07 GPa to 3.1-3.98 GPa for PF and 3.15-3.98 GPa for UP. The elongation at break decreased from 25.16% to 17.66-6.26% for PF and 24.24-19.05% for UP. Low tensile strength and elongation at break of PF-impregnated fibers showed that the fibers were inferior in toughness (48.51 MJ/m3 to 33.08-12.29 MJ/m3) compared to UP-impregnated fibers (48.51 MJ/m3 to 57.56-45.21 MJ/m3). The third stage was continued by impregnating the fibers with UP resin at impregnation pressure of 600 mmHg for 5 minutes. The inter-facial shear strength (IFSS), TGA and FT-IR spectra of UP-impregnated sugar palm fiber were initially determined before the fibers were used as reinforcement in composites at 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50% fiber loading. It was observed that the impregnation process increased the fiber-matrix inter facial bonding by 72.46%. The lower moisture uptake of the impregnated fiber than the control was qualitatively proven by TGA and FT-IR spectra. In general, the impregnated composites showed better tensile and flexural properties than the controls where 30% fiber loading gave the highest values. It was also observed that MC, WA, thickness swelling (TS) and linear expansion (LE) of impregnated composites were lower than the controls and the moisture excluding efficiency (MEE) and anti-swelling efficiency (ASE) were also increased.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan
author_facet	Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan
author_sort	Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan
title	Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation
title_short	Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation
title_full	Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation
title_fullStr	Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation
title_full_unstemmed	Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation
title_sort	enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2012
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47519/1/FK%202012%2062R.pdf
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Enhancement of physical properties of sugar palm (arenga pinnata merr.) fibre-reinforced unsatured polyester composite via vacum resin impregnation

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