Study and characterisation of the post processing ageing of sago pith waste biocomposites

• Main Authors: Lai, Jau Choy, Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan, Avérous, Luc, Lim, Teck Hock
• Format: Article
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/72708/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84966691924&partnerID=40&md5=77abbc61ac5a3465f4c8cfde605a3a57

This paper reports the post-processing ageing phenomena of thermoplastic sago starch (TPS) and plasticised sago pith waste (SPW), which were processed using twin-screw extrusion and compression moulding techniques. Wide angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses showed that after processing, starch mole...