Tensile Properties and Water Absorption of Spear Grass Fibre Filled High Density Polyethylene/Thermoplastic Soya Spent Powder Composites

• Main Authors: Sam , Sung Ting, Zulkepli, Nik Noriman, Ismail, Hanafi, Bakar, Sharifah Shahnaz Syed Abu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor's University 2014
• Subjects: TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/42729/1/JES_Vol._10_2014-Art._6-%2849-57%29.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/42729/; http://web.usm.my/jes/10_2014/JES%20Vol.%2010%202014-Art.%206-(49-57).pdf

The study was focused on the tensile properties, morphology, water absorption and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of degradable composites which are produced from high density polyethylene (HDPE)/thermoplastic soya spent (TPSS) powder with the addition of spear grass filler. HDPE/TPSS at the rat...