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Leman, Zulkiflle and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan and Ahmad, M. M. H. M.
(2010)
Pre-treatment by water retting to improve the interfacial bonding strength of sugar palm fibre reinforced epoxy composite.
Polymers from Renewable Resources, 1 (1).
pp. 35-45.
ISSN 2045-1377
Abstract
The surface treatment of sugar palm fibres by a water retting process in which the fibres were subjected to prolonged immersion in sea water, pond water and sewage water, and the characterisation of their surface morphology before and after treatment by SEM, is described. The effects of fibre pre-treatment on the mechanical properties of composites with epoxy resin were investigated by tensile and flexural strength measurements and SEM analysis of fracture surfaces, and the results are discussed in terms of fibre-matrix interfacial bonding strength. 12 refs.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Publisher: | Smithers Rapra |
| Keywords: | Natural fibre; Polymer composites; Surface modification; sugar palm fibres; Epoxy |
| Depositing User: | Nabilah Mustapa |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2015 02:34 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2015 04:09 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16324 |
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