Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites

Composites of unsaturated polyester (UP)/palm kernel shell (PKS) have been prepared by hand lay-up technique. The effect of filler loading of UP/PKS composites on mechanical properties and morphology were studied. Tensile and flexural tests have been done to determine the effect of filler loading on...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/12840
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.unimap-12840
record_format dspace
spelling my.unimap-128402011-06-28T08:11:49Z Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab Polyester composites Palm kernel shell (PKS) Unsaturated polyester (UP) Polymer composites Composite materials Manufacturing industry Composites of unsaturated polyester (UP)/palm kernel shell (PKS) have been prepared by hand lay-up technique. The effect of filler loading of UP/PKS composites on mechanical properties and morphology were studied. Tensile and flexural tests have been done to determine the effect of filler loading on mechanical properties. The results showed the increased of PKS filler loading have decreased the value of tensile and flexural strengths, but increased in tensile modulus and flexural modulus. A coupling agent (3-APE) was used to improve the mechanical properties of composites. The presence of 3-APE improved the tensile strength, flexural strength, tensile modulus and flexural modulus. The study of scanning electron microscope (SEM) shows that the filler-matrix interaction was improved with incorporation of 3-APE. The effect of chemical modification of PKS with acrylic acid (AA) in UP/PKS composites increased the tensile strength, flexural strength, tensile modulus and flexural modulus. The SEM micrograph showed the treated composites with AA has better dispersion in UP matrix. FTIR spectra show the interaction between PKS and matrix was enhanced with addition of coupling agent. 2011-06-28T08:11:49Z 2011-06-28T08:11:49Z 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12840 en Universiti Malaysia Perlis School of Materials Engineering
institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis
building UniMAP Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Perlis
content_source UniMAP Library Digital Repository
url_provider http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/
language English
topic Polyester composites
Palm kernel shell (PKS)
Unsaturated polyester (UP)
Polymer composites
Composite materials
Manufacturing industry
spellingShingle Polyester composites
Palm kernel shell (PKS)
Unsaturated polyester (UP)
Polymer composites
Composite materials
Manufacturing industry
Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab
Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
description Composites of unsaturated polyester (UP)/palm kernel shell (PKS) have been prepared by hand lay-up technique. The effect of filler loading of UP/PKS composites on mechanical properties and morphology were studied. Tensile and flexural tests have been done to determine the effect of filler loading on mechanical properties. The results showed the increased of PKS filler loading have decreased the value of tensile and flexural strengths, but increased in tensile modulus and flexural modulus. A coupling agent (3-APE) was used to improve the mechanical properties of composites. The presence of 3-APE improved the tensile strength, flexural strength, tensile modulus and flexural modulus. The study of scanning electron microscope (SEM) shows that the filler-matrix interaction was improved with incorporation of 3-APE. The effect of chemical modification of PKS with acrylic acid (AA) in UP/PKS composites increased the tensile strength, flexural strength, tensile modulus and flexural modulus. The SEM micrograph showed the treated composites with AA has better dispersion in UP matrix. FTIR spectra show the interaction between PKS and matrix was enhanced with addition of coupling agent.
format Thesis
author Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab
author_facet Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab
author_sort Nor Mazlina, Abdul Wahab
title Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_short Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_full Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_fullStr Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_full_unstemmed Characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
title_sort characterization and properties of palm kernel shell reinforced polyester composites
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis
publishDate 2011
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/12840
_version_ 1643790694223970304
score 13.222552