A study of mechanical and morphological properties of PLA based biocomposites prepared with EJO vegetable oil based plasticiser and kenaf fibres

The Wood and Biofiber International Conference 2017

轻工业生物科学

Kamarudin, S.H.^1,2 ; Abdullah, L.C.^1,3 ; Aung, M.M.^4 ; Ratnam, C.T.^1,2,3,4

Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor

43400, Malaysia^1

School of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia^2

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor

43400, Malaysia^3

Radiation Processing Technology Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi, Selangor

43000, Malaysia^4

关键词: Bio-composites;    Edible vegetable oil;    Environmental-friendly;    Filler-matrix;    Melt blending;    Morphological properties;    Polymer composite;    SEM micrographs;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/368/1/012011/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/368/1/012011

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

A novel environmental friendly plasticized PLA kenaf biocomposites were fabricated by melt blending technique through a combination of epoxidized jatropha oil, one such non-edible vegetable oil material and renewable plasticizer. The mechanical and morphological properties of the composites were evaluated. The addition of EJO with 40 % kenaf fibre loading on PLA had improved the mechanical properties of the polymer composites. SEM micrographs clearly revealed the good physical interlocking for PLA and kenaf fibre at low loading levels (40 wt.%) while higher content (50 wt.%) of kenaf contributed to poor filler-matrix compatibility attributes that leads to filler-related failures which resulted voids. Alkalisation of kenaf fibre provides good interaction bonding between kenaf and PLA matrix which resulted on increased of value of mechanical properties of treated biocomposites compared with the untreated biocomposites.