Thermo-mechanical properties of palm fiber plastic (PFP) composites

• Main Authors: Karuppuchamy, Subbian, Yoshito, Andou, Baharuddin, Azhari Samsu, Sulaiman, Alawi, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Nishida, Haruo, Shirai, Yoshihito
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Scientific Publishers 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46729/1/Thermo-mechanical%20properties%20of%20palm%20fiber%20plastic%20%28PFP%29%20composites.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46729/; http://www.aspbs.com/asem.html

The oil palm Empty Fruit Bunch fibers (size in the range from 75 to 400 μm) have been prepared by wet and dry grinding methods. The prepared fibers were blended with polypropylene to achieve EFB-Polypropylene plastic composite denoted as EFB-PP plastic composite. Various weight contents (20, 35 and...