Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements

A study on water absorption of sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester (VE) composites at different fibre arrangements is presented in this paper. Hand lay-up method was used in preparing the composites and water absorption was determined using a balance and water absorption equation. Results reveal...

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Main Authors: Salit, Mohd Sapuan, Ishak, Muhammad Ammar, Leman, Zulkiflle, Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Crimson Publishers 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74421/1/Water%20absorption%20of%20environment%20friendly%20sugar%20palm%20fibre%20reinforced%20vinyl%20ester%20composites%20at%20different%20fibre%20arrangements.pdf
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author Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Ishak, Muhammad Ammar
Leman, Zulkiflle
Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan
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description A study on water absorption of sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester (VE) composites at different fibre arrangements is presented in this paper. Hand lay-up method was used in preparing the composites and water absorption was determined using a balance and water absorption equation. Results revealed that unidirectional fibre composites demonstrate the lowest value of water absorption compared to bidirectional fibre composites (0°/90° and ±45° fibre arrangements) but all composites showed high water absorption compared to neat VE, which may be attributed to incompatibility between fibre and matrix in composites that led to micro bubble and void.
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spelling upm.eprints-744212020-04-19T16:32:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74421/ Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ishak, Muhammad Ammar Leman, Zulkiflle Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan A study on water absorption of sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester (VE) composites at different fibre arrangements is presented in this paper. Hand lay-up method was used in preparing the composites and water absorption was determined using a balance and water absorption equation. Results revealed that unidirectional fibre composites demonstrate the lowest value of water absorption compared to bidirectional fibre composites (0°/90° and ±45° fibre arrangements) but all composites showed high water absorption compared to neat VE, which may be attributed to incompatibility between fibre and matrix in composites that led to micro bubble and void. Crimson Publishers 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74421/1/Water%20absorption%20of%20environment%20friendly%20sugar%20palm%20fibre%20reinforced%20vinyl%20ester%20composites%20at%20different%20fibre%20arrangements.pdf Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Ishak, Muhammad Ammar and Leman, Zulkiflle and Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan (2018) Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements. Trends in Textile Engineering and Fashion Technology, 3 (1). pp. 262-265. ISSN 2578-0271 https://crimsonpublishers.com/tteft/fulltext/TTEFT.000553.php 10.31031/TTEFT.2018.03.000553
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Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements
title Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements
title_full Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements
title_fullStr Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements
title_full_unstemmed Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements
title_short Water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements
title_sort water absorption of environment friendly sugar palm fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites at different fibre arrangements
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