EFFECT OF CHEMICAL MODIFICATION ON COIR FIBRE POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES: CHEMICALLY TREATED COIR FILLED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES - Softcover

Rahman, Md. Rezaur; Saiful Islam, Md.; Rahman Sobuz, Habibur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3844384405 ISBN 13: 9783844384406

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

In this book, coir fiber was chemically treated with acrylonitrile to improve the physical and mechanical properties of the coir-PP composites. Physical and mechanical properties of the composites prepared from treated coir were found better than those of untreated ones. The tensile strength, tensile modulus, flexural strength, flexural modulus, and hardness of the chemically treated coir fiber reinforced composites were higher than those of the raw ones. Treated coir-PP composites were found to absorb less amount of water than the untreated ones. To understand why the mechanical properties of composites prepared under different conditions of coir were different, surface morphologies of the tensile fractured surfaces of the specimens were recorded using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The SEM images clearly revealed that there were fewer fiber agglomerations, micro-voids, and fiber pull out traces for treated coir-PP composite than in the untreated one, indicating that better distribution of the fiber into the matrix as well as stronger fiber matrix interfacial adhesion occurred upon treatment of coir.

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About the Author

Dr. Rezaur Rahman is Lecturer in Chemistry (Pre-University Studies)in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak(UNIMAS), Malaysia. Md. Saiful Islam is PhD fellow (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engg.) in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia. Habibur Rahman Sobuz is research assistant(Civil and Structural Engg.) in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3844384405
• ISBN 13: 9783844384406
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64