Improvement of Physicomechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fiber Reinforced Composite
Joint Authors
Motaleb, K. Z. M. Abdul
Shariful Islam, Md
Hoque, Mohammad B.
Source
International Journal of Biomaterials
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-06-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Pineapple leaf fiber (PALF) reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites were prepared by compression molding.
The fiber content varied from 25% to 45% by weight.
Water uptake percentages of the composites containing various wt% of fiber were measured.
All the composites demonstrated lower water uptake percentages and maximum of 1.93% for 45 wt% PALF/PP composite treated with 7(w/v)% NaOH.
Tensile Strength (TS), Tensile Modulus (TM), Elongation at Break (Eb %), Bending Strength (BS), Bending Modulus (BM), and Impact Strength (IS) were evaluated for various fiber content.
The 45 wt% PALF/PP composite exhibited an increase of 210% TS, 412% TM, 155% BS, 265% BM, and 140% IS compared to PP matrix.
Moreover, with the increasing of fiber content, all the mechanical properties increase significantly; for example, 45 wt% fiber loading exhibited the best mechanical property.
Fibers were also treated with different concentration of NaOH and the effects of alkali concentrations were observed.
The composite treated with 7 (w/v)% NaOH exhibited an increase of 25.35% TS, 43.45% TM, 15.78% BS, and 52% BM but 23.11% decrease of IS compared to untreated composite.
Alkali treatment improved the adhesive characteristics of fiber surface by removing natural impurities, hence improving the mechanical properties.
However, over 7% NaOH concentration of the tensile strength of the composite reduced slightly due to overexposure of fibers to NaOH.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Motaleb, K. Z. M. Abdul& Shariful Islam, Md& Hoque, Mohammad B.. 2018. Improvement of Physicomechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fiber Reinforced Composite. International Journal of Biomaterials،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169608
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Motaleb, K. Z. M. Abdul…[et al.]. Improvement of Physicomechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fiber Reinforced Composite. International Journal of Biomaterials No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169608
American Medical Association (AMA)
Motaleb, K. Z. M. Abdul& Shariful Islam, Md& Hoque, Mohammad B.. Improvement of Physicomechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fiber Reinforced Composite. International Journal of Biomaterials. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169608
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1169608