Tensile And Hardness Properties Of Kenaf-Pp/Pla Composite Filled Nanoclay

Azmi, M.N and Saleman, Abdul Rafeq and Razali, Nadlene and Mohd Azmi, Mohd Irwan and Aishah, A.M. (2012) Tensile And Hardness Properties Of Kenaf-Pp/Pla Composite Filled Nanoclay. In: 3rd International Conference on Engineering & ICT (ICEI2012) , 4-6 April 2012, Mahkota Hotel, Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Different amount of nanoclay will be added to the binder of Kenaf fiber composite material in order to investigate the effect of nanoclay loading in the conventional polymer based composite material. The samples were prepared by using the internal mixing technique with constant composition of PP and PLA as the matrix constituent and 40wt% of kenaf fiber. Then, the nanoclay was added into the mixture with different amount, 1wt%, 3 wt% and 5 wt% respectively. Tensile tat, hardness test and liquid immersion test were carried out for each sample. Result for tensile test shows increasing of nanoclay loading in the composite cause the decreasing tensile properties. However, 1wt% of nanoclay amount in the composite increases the Young Modulus about 15%. This is supported by the hardness test and Iiquid immersion test results where the sample with 1wt% of nanoclay shows better result compared to the other specimens.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fibrous composites -- Mechanical properties, Kenaf, Composite materials, Reinforced thermoplastics
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering > Department of Structure and Materials
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Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2017 00:34
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2017 00:34
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/20158
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