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Bakar, Nurfatimah and Ching, Yern Chee and Abdullah, Luqman Chuah and Ratnam, Chantara Thevy and Ibrahim, Nor Azowa
(2014)
Effect of methyl methacrylate grafted kenaf on mechanical properties of polyvinyl chloride/ethylene vinyl acetate composites.
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 63.
pp. 45-50.
ISSN 1359-835X
Abstract
In this work, the effect of grafted and ungrafted kenaf fiber on tensile, flexural, impact and hardness properties of polyvinyl chloride/ethylene vinyl acetate composites were studied. Grafted fibers were obtained from graft copolymerization reaction where methyl methacrylate was used as a monomer. The fiber loadings were varied from 0% to 30%. The addition of kenaf fiber had caused a decline in the impact and tensile strength of the PVC/EVA composite. Results revealed that the presence of PMMA on the surface of kenaf fiber has further enhanced the efficiency of stress transfer from the matrix to the fiber grafting thus improved the interfacial adhesion between the fiber and PVC/EVA matrix.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products |
| DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.03.023 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Keywords: | Polymer–matrix composites; Fiber/matrix bond; Mechanical properties; Surface treatment |
| Depositing User: | Nabilah Mustapa |
| Date Deposited: | 20 May 2015 13:23 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2015 08:13 |
| Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.03.023 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37273 |
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