HAN, KENNETH GENESIUS and Anggono, Juliana and Jonathan, Peter (2021) The Reinforcing Effect of Sugar Palm Fiber on PP. [UNSPECIFIED]
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Abstract
Natural fibers have the ability to reinforce polymeric materials. In this work, sugar palm fibers were added as a reinforcement agent to a polypropylene (PP) matrix to form biocomposites. Flexural strength measurement in accordance with ASTM D790-17 was carried out on PP composites with the sugar palm fiber content changed from 0 to 30 wt.% in 5 wt.% steps. The flexural strength data show a composition dependence on the fiber content with a maximum (52.09 MPa) obtained in 15 wt.% fibers. Sugarcane bagasse-PP composite together with wood board composite and neat PP as existing materials by the automotive industry were used as reference materials in the study. These sugar palm fiber-PP composites offer lower density in comparison with wood board composites and PP. The area density of the composites is in the range of 1285-1635 g/m2 for the composition studied while PP and wood board have area densities of 1466 g/m2 and 1700 g/m2 respectively.
| Item Type: | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Composites, natural fibers, flexural strength, polymer, area density_ |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Industrial Technology > Mechanical Engineering Department |
| Depositing User: | Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2023 13:11 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2023 10:16 |
| URI: | https://repository.petra.ac.id/id/eprint/20482 |
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