Loading effect of aluminum hydroxide onto the mechanical, thermal conductivity, acoustical and burning properties of the palm-based polyurethane composites

• Main Authors: Nor Rabbi’atul ‘Adawiyah Norzali,, Khairiah Haji Badri,, Mohd Zaki Nuawi,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2561/1/11_Nor_Rabbiatul.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2561/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/

Effects of aluminium hydroxide (ATH) addition on the properties of palm-based polyurethane composites were investigated. The hybrid composites were prepared by mixing 10 wt% of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber (EFB) with ATH at varying amount of 2, 4 and 6 wt% of the overall mass of the resin. The c...