Flexural properties of alkaline treated sugar palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites

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Bachtiar, Dandi and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan (2010) Flexural properties of alkaline treated sugar palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, 1. pp. 79-90. ISSN 2229-8649; ESSN: 2180-1606

Abstract

A study of the effect of alkaline treatment on the flexural properties of sugar palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites is presented in this paper. The composites were reinforced with 10% weight fraction of the fibres. The fibres were treated using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) with 0.25 M and 0.5 M concentration solution for 1 hour, 4 hours and 8 hours soaking time. The purpose of treating fibres with alkali was to enhance the interfacial bonding between matrix and fibre surfaces. The maximum flexural strength occurred at 0.25 M NaOH solution with 1 hour of soaking time, i.e 96.71 MPa, improving by 24.41% from untreated fibre composite. But, the maximum flexural modulus took place at 0.5 M NaOH solution with 4 hours soaking time, i.e. 6948 MPa, improving by 148% from untreated composite.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.15282/ijame.1.2010.7.0007
Publisher:	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Keywords:	Arenga pinnata; Flexural property; Interfacial bonding; Alkaline treatment
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2019 01:46
Last Modified:	10 Apr 2019 01:46
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14783
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