Characterization, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Tropical Plant Fibres

The work deals with systematic evaluation of chemical, morphological, anatomical, thermal and mechanical properties of tropical plant fibres. The TAPPI test standard and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy were used to study the chemical composition and spectroscopic properties of plant...

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Main Author:	Mohamed, Fibres Siti Alwani
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	T11.95-12.5 Industrial directories
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/46240/1/Siti%20Alwani%20Mohamed24.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.462402020-02-17T03:33:01Z Characterization, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Tropical Plant Fibres 2013-12 Mohamed, Fibres Siti Alwani T11.95-12.5 Industrial directories The work deals with systematic evaluation of chemical, morphological, anatomical, thermal and mechanical properties of tropical plant fibres. The TAPPI test standard and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy were used to study the chemical composition and spectroscopic properties of plant fibre. The crystallinity was determined using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Light microscopy (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to observe the morphology and cell wall structure of the fibre. Lignin distribution across cell wall layers was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy coupled with x-ray energy dispersive (SEM-EDX) and Raman spectroscopy. In addition, thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) was used to investigate thermal stability of the fibres. Meanwhile, miniature tensile tester also was used to measure the mechanical properties of fibres. Four different types of plant fibre were chosen which include coconut (COIR), banana pseudo-stem (BPS), pineapple leaf (PALF) and sugarcane bagasse (SCB) fibres for the study. Moisture content in all types of plant fibre studied was in the range between 6-9%. Cellulose content was highest in PALF (70%) while lignin was highest in COIR (28%). Meanwhile, SCB consists of the highest hemicelluloses content (10%) compared to other fibres and ash content was the highest in BPS (2.2%). Crystallinity was calculated by to peak height and deconvulated peak method. However, the results were completely different for these two methods. COIR showed the highest crystallinity (52.0%) by peak height method, whereas it was the highest in PALF (68.3%) when calculated by peak deconvulated method. 2013-12 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/46240/ http://eprints.usm.my/46240/1/Siti%20Alwani%20Mohamed24.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Teknologi Industri
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description	The work deals with systematic evaluation of chemical, morphological, anatomical, thermal and mechanical properties of tropical plant fibres. The TAPPI test standard and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy were used to study the chemical composition and spectroscopic properties of plant fibre. The crystallinity was determined using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Light microscopy (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to observe the morphology and cell wall structure of the fibre. Lignin distribution across cell wall layers was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy coupled with x-ray energy dispersive (SEM-EDX) and Raman spectroscopy. In addition, thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) was used to investigate thermal stability of the fibres. Meanwhile, miniature tensile tester also was used to measure the mechanical properties of fibres. Four different types of plant fibre were chosen which include coconut (COIR), banana pseudo-stem (BPS), pineapple leaf (PALF) and sugarcane bagasse (SCB) fibres for the study. Moisture content in all types of plant fibre studied was in the range between 6-9%. Cellulose content was highest in PALF (70%) while lignin was highest in COIR (28%). Meanwhile, SCB consists of the highest hemicelluloses content (10%) compared to other fibres and ash content was the highest in BPS (2.2%). Crystallinity was calculated by to peak height and deconvulated peak method. However, the results were completely different for these two methods. COIR showed the highest crystallinity (52.0%) by peak height method, whereas it was the highest in PALF (68.3%) when calculated by peak deconvulated method.
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author	Mohamed, Fibres Siti Alwani
author_facet	Mohamed, Fibres Siti Alwani
author_sort	Mohamed, Fibres Siti Alwani
title	Characterization, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Tropical Plant Fibres
title_short	Characterization, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Tropical Plant Fibres
title_full	Characterization, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Tropical Plant Fibres
title_fullStr	Characterization, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Tropical Plant Fibres
title_full_unstemmed	Characterization, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Tropical Plant Fibres
title_sort	characterization, thermal and mechanical properties of tropical plant fibres
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Teknologi Industri
publishDate	2013
url	http://eprints.usm.my/46240/1/Siti%20Alwani%20Mohamed24.pdf
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Characterization, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Tropical Plant Fibres

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