Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre

The use of natural fibers obtained from plants and trees are reinforcing materials has attracted many researcher to widen their applications. Natural fibers are low cost, low density, have high specific properties, biodegradable and non-abrasive. Oil palm fiber (OPF) can be obtained directly from na...

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Main Author: Nora'asheera, Mohd Nazif
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3277/1/10.Composites%20from%20polypropylene%20%28PP%29%20reinforced%20with%20oil%20palm%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20%28OPENFB%29%20fibre.pdf
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description The use of natural fibers obtained from plants and trees are reinforcing materials has attracted many researcher to widen their applications. Natural fibers are low cost, low density, have high specific properties, biodegradable and non-abrasive. Oil palm fiber (OPF) can be obtained directly from natural resource; it is cheap and also has advantages due to its renewable nature, low cost and easy viability. The study aims to give the improvement to composite from plastic reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch along with to determine the mechanical performances of the composite. In this research, the sample will through the alkali treatment using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) follow by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the last is using acetic acid (C2H4O2). NaOH is use as a solvent extraction and it will break the lignin bonding. Remove lignin will decrease the absorption of water in composite. Addition different type plasticizer and MAPP will give better improvement to mechanical performance to composite. From the analysis that have done, compatibilized and plasticizers systems an enhanced fibre dispersion and interfacial adhesion has been observed, supporting the occurrence of effective interactions between the functional groups on the copolymer chains and the polar groups of the fibres, as demonstrated by FT-IR analysis. Besides that, the density and melt flow index of composites with different plasticizer was determined and from the all test that have been done it showed that polyethylene glycol is the good plasticizers compared to sorbitol and glycerol.
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spelling UMPir32772023-08-14T09:33:30Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3277/ Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre Nora'asheera, Mohd Nazif TP Chemical technology The use of natural fibers obtained from plants and trees are reinforcing materials has attracted many researcher to widen their applications. Natural fibers are low cost, low density, have high specific properties, biodegradable and non-abrasive. Oil palm fiber (OPF) can be obtained directly from natural resource; it is cheap and also has advantages due to its renewable nature, low cost and easy viability. The study aims to give the improvement to composite from plastic reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch along with to determine the mechanical performances of the composite. In this research, the sample will through the alkali treatment using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) follow by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the last is using acetic acid (C2H4O2). NaOH is use as a solvent extraction and it will break the lignin bonding. Remove lignin will decrease the absorption of water in composite. Addition different type plasticizer and MAPP will give better improvement to mechanical performance to composite. From the analysis that have done, compatibilized and plasticizers systems an enhanced fibre dispersion and interfacial adhesion has been observed, supporting the occurrence of effective interactions between the functional groups on the copolymer chains and the polar groups of the fibres, as demonstrated by FT-IR analysis. Besides that, the density and melt flow index of composites with different plasticizer was determined and from the all test that have been done it showed that polyethylene glycol is the good plasticizers compared to sorbitol and glycerol. 2011-05 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3277/1/10.Composites%20from%20polypropylene%20%28PP%29%20reinforced%20with%20oil%20palm%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20%28OPENFB%29%20fibre.pdf Nora'asheera, Mohd Nazif (2011) Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre. Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, University Malaysia Pahang.
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Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre
title Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre
title_full Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre
title_fullStr Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre
title_full_unstemmed Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre
title_short Composites from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPENFB) fibre
title_sort composites from polypropylene pp reinforced with oil palm empty fruit bunch openfb fibre
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3277/1/10.Composites%20from%20polypropylene%20%28PP%29%20reinforced%20with%20oil%20palm%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20%28OPENFB%29%20fibre.pdf
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