Water absorption analysis of oil palm fibre reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene composites by fick's law

Ahmad, Mohd Nazri and Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan and Maidin, Nurul Ain and Saharudin, Mohd Shahneel (2025) Water absorption analysis of oil palm fibre reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene composites by fick's law. Journal of Advanced Research in Experimental Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, 20 (1). pp. 150-158. ISSN 2756-8202

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Abstract

Over the past twenty years, researchers have become increasingly interested in natural fibres reinforced thermoplastics. The major cause of hydrophilic tendency is the presence of voids and non-crystalline part of these fibres which affects the fibre and polymer matrix adhesion. Therefore, it is important to develop the proper mechanism and understanding the water absorption behaviour of these composites. The aim of this paper is to analyse the water absorption behaviour using Fickian diffusion model. The oil palm fibre reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) composites at different fibre loadings (0, 3, 5 and 7 wt %) were fabricated by FDM according to the ASTM D6980 and the water absorption was analysed by a Fickian diffusion model. The results showed that the percentage of water absorption increases with increasing of fibre loadings from 0 wt% to 7 wt%. The result of applying the Fickian model showed that when the fibre loading increased, the D value decreased. On the other hand, when the fibre loading rose, the M∞ value rose as well. The value of the kinetic parameters, n was closer to 0.5. It showed that the absorption process behaved like a Fickian process.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fickian model, Oil palm fibre, Fused deposition modelling
Divisions:	Faculty Of Industrial And Manufacturing Technology And Engineering
Depositing User:	Norfaradilla Idayu Ab. Ghafar
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2025 00:45
Last Modified:	08 Oct 2025 00:45
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/28968
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