Moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane

Composite materials were made from sugar palm fibre (SPF) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) polymer, by melt compounding method using Haake Polydrive R600 internal mixer and followed by hot-pressing moulding. SPF/TPU composites were prepared with different fibre loading: 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50...

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Main Authors: A., Atiqah, Mohammad, Jawaid, Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan, Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62464/1/SUGAR.pdf
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author A., Atiqah
Mohammad, Jawaid
Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
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description Composite materials were made from sugar palm fibre (SPF) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) polymer, by melt compounding method using Haake Polydrive R600 internal mixer and followed by hot-pressing moulding. SPF/TPU composites were prepared with different fibre loading: 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% (by weight) of SPF, with the optimum processing parameters: 190 °C, 11 min, and 40 rpm for temperature, time and speed, respectively. Ten replicates were cut from the composite sheet according to ASTM standards. The density, water absorption and thickness swelling of the composites was investigated with water immersion time. The density of hybrid composites increases with increasing of sugar palm fibre. It also was found that the water absorption and thickness swelling increases with fibre content and water immersion time before an equilibrium condition was reached. It was observed that water diffusion occurred in composites, depending on the fibre content. SPF with 50% of fibre content exhibit maximum water absorption and thickness swelling during the whole duration of immersion (168 h).
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spelling upm.eprints-624642020-12-03T20:50:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62464/ Moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane A., Atiqah Mohammad, Jawaid Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan Salit, Mohd Sapuan Composite materials were made from sugar palm fibre (SPF) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) polymer, by melt compounding method using Haake Polydrive R600 internal mixer and followed by hot-pressing moulding. SPF/TPU composites were prepared with different fibre loading: 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% (by weight) of SPF, with the optimum processing parameters: 190 °C, 11 min, and 40 rpm for temperature, time and speed, respectively. Ten replicates were cut from the composite sheet according to ASTM standards. The density, water absorption and thickness swelling of the composites was investigated with water immersion time. The density of hybrid composites increases with increasing of sugar palm fibre. It also was found that the water absorption and thickness swelling increases with fibre content and water immersion time before an equilibrium condition was reached. It was observed that water diffusion occurred in composites, depending on the fibre content. SPF with 50% of fibre content exhibit maximum water absorption and thickness swelling during the whole duration of immersion (168 h). Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62464/1/SUGAR.pdf A., Atiqah and Mohammad, Jawaid and Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan and Salit, Mohd Sapuan (2017) Moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane. Procedia Engineering, 184. pp. 581-586. ISSN 1877-7058 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817316478#! 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.142
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title Moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane
title_full Moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane
title_fullStr Moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane
title_full_unstemmed Moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane
title_short Moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane
title_sort moisture absorption and thickness swelling behaviour of sugar palm fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62464/1/SUGAR.pdf
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