Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites
The concept of cost reduction in plastics by use of fillers has been known throughout the ages. By the appropriate selection and optimization of such materials, not only the economic but other properties such as processing and mechanical behaviour can be improved. The growing interest in environment...
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| author | Hassan, Azman Rahmat, Abdul Razak Abu Bakar, Aznizam Ahmad, Mazatusziha |
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| description | The concept of cost reduction in plastics by use of fillers has been known throughout the ages. By the appropriate selection and optimization of such materials, not only the economic but other properties such as processing and mechanical behaviour can be improved. The growing interest in environmentally friendly materials has greatly increased the interest in the use of natural fillers derived from agricultural sources in plastics composites. These natural fillers have the advantages of low densities, very low cost, non-abrasiveness, higher filling levels, recyclability, biodegradability and renewable nature. As the field of plastics develops and expands, a variety of naturally occurring materials are explored such as wood flour, empty fruit bunch (EFB) and rice husk (RH). This paper reports the recent development and current work on the utilization of EFB ad RH as fillers in thermoplastics composites. The study has shown that the incorporation of RH and EFB fillers has resulted in the increase of flexural modulus indicating a improvement in stiffness. The flexural modulus increase further with increasing both of RH and EFB loadings. However, impact strength of both EFB and RH filled PVC-U composites. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-48642017-03-09T06:39:49Z http://eprints.utm.my/4864/ Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites Hassan, Azman Rahmat, Abdul Razak Abu Bakar, Aznizam Ahmad, Mazatusziha T Technology (General) The concept of cost reduction in plastics by use of fillers has been known throughout the ages. By the appropriate selection and optimization of such materials, not only the economic but other properties such as processing and mechanical behaviour can be improved. The growing interest in environmentally friendly materials has greatly increased the interest in the use of natural fillers derived from agricultural sources in plastics composites. These natural fillers have the advantages of low densities, very low cost, non-abrasiveness, higher filling levels, recyclability, biodegradability and renewable nature. As the field of plastics develops and expands, a variety of naturally occurring materials are explored such as wood flour, empty fruit bunch (EFB) and rice husk (RH). This paper reports the recent development and current work on the utilization of EFB ad RH as fillers in thermoplastics composites. The study has shown that the incorporation of RH and EFB fillers has resulted in the increase of flexural modulus indicating a improvement in stiffness. The flexural modulus increase further with increasing both of RH and EFB loadings. However, impact strength of both EFB and RH filled PVC-U composites. Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia (KUSTEM) 2004 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/4864/1/AzmanHassan2004_UtilizationOfAgriculturalWastes.pdf Hassan, Azman and Rahmat, Abdul Razak and Abu Bakar, Aznizam and Ahmad, Mazatusziha (2004) Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites. KUSTEM Third Annual Seminar on Sustainbility Science and Management . pp. 15-19. http://www.academia.edu/26983940/Utilization_of_agricultural_wastes_as_fillers_in_thermoplastics_composites |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Hassan, Azman Rahmat, Abdul Razak Abu Bakar, Aznizam Ahmad, Mazatusziha Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites |
| title | Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites |
| title_full | Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites |
| title_fullStr | Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites |
| title_short | Utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites |
| title_sort | utilization of agricultural wastes as fillers in thermoplastics composites |
| topic | T Technology (General) |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/4864/1/AzmanHassan2004_UtilizationOfAgriculturalWastes.pdf |
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