Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites

Composites of unsaturated polyester (UP)/palm kernel shell (PKS) have been prepared by hand lay-up technique. The effect of filler loading of UP/PKS composites on mechanical properties and morphology were studied. Tensile and flexural tests have been done to determine the effect of filler loading on...

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Main Author:	Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Polyester composites Palm kernel shell (PKS) Unsaturated polyester (UP) Polymer composites Composite materials Manufacturing industry
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spelling	my-unimap-128402011-06-28T08:11:49Z Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab Composites of unsaturated polyester (UP)/palm kernel shell (PKS) have been prepared by hand lay-up technique. The effect of filler loading of UP/PKS composites on mechanical properties and morphology were studied. Tensile and flexural tests have been done to determine the effect of filler loading on mechanical properties. The results showed the increased of PKS filler loading have decreased the value of tensile and flexural strengths, but increased in tensile modulus and flexural modulus. A coupling agent (3-APE) was used to improve the mechanical properties of composites. The presence of 3-APE improved the tensile strength, flexural strength, tensile modulus and flexural modulus. The study of scanning electron microscope (SEM) shows that the filler-matrix interaction was improved with incorporation of 3-APE. The effect of chemical modification of PKS with acrylic acid (AA) in UP/PKS composites increased the tensile strength, flexural strength, tensile modulus and flexural modulus. The SEM micrograph showed the treated composites with AA has better dispersion in UP matrix. FTIR spectra show the interaction between PKS and matrix was enhanced with addition of coupling agent. Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2009 Thesis en http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/123456789/12840 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/12840/3/license.txt 4f868c6b51c73742453b00d6109eebec http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/12840/1/p.%201-24.pdf 654cef8346a9cd894a28bd546bcc0224 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/12840/2/Full%20Text.pdf d1e4b75f0a598186a77f4a38d3e9f964 Polyester composites Palm kernel shell (PKS) Unsaturated polyester (UP) Polymer composites Composite materials Manufacturing industry School of Materials Engineering
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topic	Polyester composites Palm kernel shell (PKS) Unsaturated polyester (UP) Polymer composites Composite materials Manufacturing industry
spellingShingle	Polyester composites Palm kernel shell (PKS) Unsaturated polyester (UP) Polymer composites Composite materials Manufacturing industry Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
description	Composites of unsaturated polyester (UP)/palm kernel shell (PKS) have been prepared by hand lay-up technique. The effect of filler loading of UP/PKS composites on mechanical properties and morphology were studied. Tensile and flexural tests have been done to determine the effect of filler loading on mechanical properties. The results showed the increased of PKS filler loading have decreased the value of tensile and flexural strengths, but increased in tensile modulus and flexural modulus. A coupling agent (3-APE) was used to improve the mechanical properties of composites. The presence of 3-APE improved the tensile strength, flexural strength, tensile modulus and flexural modulus. The study of scanning electron microscope (SEM) shows that the filler-matrix interaction was improved with incorporation of 3-APE. The effect of chemical modification of PKS with acrylic acid (AA) in UP/PKS composites increased the tensile strength, flexural strength, tensile modulus and flexural modulus. The SEM micrograph showed the treated composites with AA has better dispersion in UP matrix. FTIR spectra show the interaction between PKS and matrix was enhanced with addition of coupling agent.
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author	Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab
author_facet	Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab
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title	Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_short	Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_full	Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_fullStr	Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_full_unstemmed	Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_sort	characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Perlis
granting_department	School of Materials Engineering
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Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites

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