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JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES
卷 15, 期 4, 页码 8518-8528出版社
UNIV MALAYSIA PAHANG
DOI: 10.15282/jmes.15.4.2021.05.0671
关键词
Pineapple leaves fibre; Polypropylene; biocomposite; compatibility; tensile strength; water absorption
资金
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang [RDU1703177]
The study demonstrates that alkali treated PALF can effectively enhance the thermal stability and mechanical properties of thermoplastic composites, as well as reduce water absorption. Alkali treated PALF can improve the compatibility between fibers and polymers, which is significant for substituting synthetic fibers.
Pineapple leaves fibre (PALF) is one of the natural fibre that has high potential to substitute non-renewable synthetic fibre in thermoplastic products. The PALF were alkali treated with different concentrations of NaOH. Untreated and alkali treated PALF were characterized using Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to determine the thermal stability and surface morphology of the fibres respectively. Biocomposites were prepared by reinforced alkali treated and untreated PALF with polypropylene (PP) matrix. Tensile properties and water absorption analysis of PALF/PP biocomposites were studied. Biocomposite with 8 wt.% of alkali treated PALF express excellent thermal stability, with maximum degradation temperature at 270 degrees C which is a 7.17% improvement compared to untreated PALF. This biocomposite also had increased tensile strength (116 MPa) with 43% improvement compared to untreated PALF/PP (66 MPa) biocomposite and had lower water absorption at 6% compared to untreated biocomposite which at 21%. Hence, alkali treated PALF is able to improve the characteristic of PALF and increase the compatibility between fibre and polymer by reducing hemicellulose and lignin components.
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