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Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim

As industry attempts to lessen the dependence on petroleum based fuels and products there is an increasing need to investigate more environmentally friendly, sustainable materials to replace existing materials. The research done in this study has proven the ability to successfully fabricate kenaf-po...

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Main Author: Abd Karim, Mohd Syahir
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Polypropylene
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/2619/1/2619.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.26192021-09-06T09:18:42Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/2619/ Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim Abd Karim, Mohd Syahir Polypropylene As industry attempts to lessen the dependence on petroleum based fuels and products there is an increasing need to investigate more environmentally friendly, sustainable materials to replace existing materials. The research done in this study has proven the ability to successfully fabricate kenaf-polypropylene composites into sheet form. Kenaf fiber used was in form of flour or wood powder. The PP/kenaf composite shows the increase the impact strength at 10% to 30% by weight of the polypropylene powder. The use of coupling agent Maleic Anyhdride enabled successful fiber-matrix adhesion and increased the mechanical property of the PP/kenaf composite 2008-02-02 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/2619/1/2619.pdf ID2619 Abd Karim, Mohd Syahir (2008) Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim. Degree thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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Abd Karim, Mohd Syahir
Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim
description As industry attempts to lessen the dependence on petroleum based fuels and products there is an increasing need to investigate more environmentally friendly, sustainable materials to replace existing materials. The research done in this study has proven the ability to successfully fabricate kenaf-polypropylene composites into sheet form. Kenaf fiber used was in form of flour or wood powder. The PP/kenaf composite shows the increase the impact strength at 10% to 30% by weight of the polypropylene powder. The use of coupling agent Maleic Anyhdride enabled successful fiber-matrix adhesion and increased the mechanical property of the PP/kenaf composite
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author Abd Karim, Mohd Syahir
author_facet Abd Karim, Mohd Syahir
author_sort Abd Karim, Mohd Syahir
title Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim
title_short Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim
title_full Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim
title_fullStr Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / Mohd Syahir Abd Karim
title_sort mechanical property of polypropylene with kenaf fiber wood flour composite / mohd syahir abd karim
publishDate 2008
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/2619/1/2619.pdf
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