Investigation on Thermal Properties of Kenaf Fibre Reinforced Polyurethane Bio-Composites

2017 2nd International Conference on Functional Materials and Metallurgy

材料科学;冶金学

Athmalingam, Mathan^1 ; Vicki, W.V.^1

Centre for Advance Material (CAM), College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia^1

关键词: Bio-composites;    Differential scanning calorimeters;    Fibre content;    Fibre reinforced;    Polymer casting;    Research focus;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/303/1/012011/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/303/1/012011

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This research focuses on the effect of Kenaf fibre on thermal properties of Polyurethane (PU) reinforced kenaf bio-composites. The samples were prepared using the polymer casting method with different percentages of kenaf fibre content (5 wt%, 10 wt%, 15 wt%). The thermal properties of Kenaf/PU bio-composite are determined through the Thermogravimetric Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimeter test. The TGA results revealed that 10 wt% Kenaf/PU bio-composite appeared to be more stable. DSC results show that the glass transition temperature (Tg) value of 10 wt% Kenaf/PU composite is significant to pure polyurethane. It can be said that the thermal stability of 10 wt% Kenaf/PU bio-composite exhibits higher thermal stability compared to other samples.