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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUTOMOTIVE AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 1, Issue -, Pages 79-90Publisher
UNIV MALAYSIA PAHANG
DOI: 10.15282/ijame.1.2010.7.0007
Keywords
Arenga pinnata; flexural property; interfacial bonding; alkaline treatment
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- Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Malaysian Nuclear Agency (MNA)
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A study of the effect of alkaline treatment on the flexural properties of sugar palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites is presented in this paper. The composites were reinforced with 10% weight fraction of the fibres. The fibres were treated using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) with 0.25 M and 0.5 M concentration solution for 1 hour, 4 hours and 8 hours soaking time. The purpose of treating fibres with alkali was to enhance the interfacial bonding between matrix and fibre surfaces. The maximum flexural strength occurred at 0.25 M NaOH solution with 1 hour of soaking time, i.e 96.71 MPa, improving by 24.41% from untreated fibre composite. But, the maximum flexural modulus took place at 0.5 M NaOH solution with 4 hours soaking time, i.e. 6948 MPa, improving by 148% from untreated composite.
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