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Flexural and compressive properties of hybrid kenaf/silica nanopeprintss in epoxy composite


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Bajuri, Farid and Mazlan, Norkhairunnisa and Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan and Imatomi, Junichiro (2016) Flexural and compressive properties of hybrid kenaf/silica nanopeprintss in epoxy composite. In: 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials, Minerals & Environment (RAMM) & 2nd International Postgraduate Conference on Materials, Mineral and Polymer (MAMIP), 4 - 6 Aug 2015, Penang, Malaysia. (pp. 955-960).

Abstract

Kenaf fiber like other natural fibers is used as a sustainable form of material to fabricate composite. But natural fibers are generally weaker than synthetic fibers due to the porosity of the fibers making them grow weaker mechanically and physically as time passes. To improve the quality of kenaf reinforced composite, silica nanoparticles was introduced as a filler material. Silica nanoparticle is a material with high surface area contributing to its high interfacial interaction with the matrix resulting in the improvement of the matrix. In this work, the composites were fabricated via vacuum infusion process by creating a system in which the compressed randomly orientated kenaf mat are laid in. The silica nanoparticles are dispersed into the epoxy using a homogenizer at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes before being infused into the fibers. The results shows that generally the inclusion of hydrophobic silica nanoparticles had a detrimental effect on the mechanical properties. However, composites with 2 vol% silica had the best mechanical properties of specimens with silica nanoparticles included at 43.8 MPa and 3.05 GPa for flexural strength and flexural modulus, and 40.0 MPa and 1.15 GPa for compressive strength and compressive modulus, respectively.


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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subject: Silica nanoparticles; Kenaf; Natural fiber; Mechanical properties
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proche.2016.03.141
Publisher: Elsevier
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2018 08:11
Last Modified: 13 Mar 2018 08:11
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.proche.2016.03.141
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54328
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