Tensile and morphological studies of polypropylene/empty fruit bunch composite: Effect of maleic anhydride-grafted polypropylene

International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Industry Applications

机械制造;工业技术

Othman, N.S.^1 ; Santiagoo, R.^1 ; Zainal, M.^1 ; Mustafa, W.A.^2 ; Sanapan, V.^1 ; Zunaidi, I.^3 ; Razlan, Z.M.^3 ; Wan, W.K.^3 ; Shahriman, A.B.^3

School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pusat Jejawi 3, Perlis, Arau

02600, Malaysia^1

Faculty of Engineering Technology, Kampus Sg. Chuchuh, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Padang Besar, Perlis

02100, Malaysia^2

School of Mechatronic, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Arau Perlis

02600, Malaysia^3

关键词: Empty fruit bunches;    Filler loading;    Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene;    Morphological properties;    Morphological study;    Strength and elongations;    Tensile fracture surfaces;    Two-roll mill;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/429/1/012015/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/429/1/012015

学科分类：工业工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The effect of maleic anhydride-grafted polypropylene (PPMAH) as compatibilizer on the tensileand morphological properties of polypropylene (PP)/empty fruit bunch (EFB) composite were investigated. The composite was melt mixed using a heated two roll mill at 180 °C with speed of 15 rpm for seven different EFB filler loadings (70/30, 75/25, 80/20, 85/15, 90/20, 95/5 and 100/0 wt%). From the analysis, tensile strength and elongation at break decreased with increasing EFB filler loading. However, it is interesting to observe that the addition of PPMAH has resulted in5 to 10 % better tensile strengthcompareto without PPMAHcompatibilizer. The morphological studies from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of tensile fracture surfaces showed thatPPMAH compatibilizercomposites also indicates improved dispersion and adhesion of EFB fibre on the PP matrix.