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Mechanical characteristics of green composites of short kenaf bast fiber reinforced in cardanol


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Dashtizadeh, Zahra and Khalina, Abdan and Cardona, Francisco and Lee, Ching Hao (2019) Mechanical characteristics of green composites of short kenaf bast fiber reinforced in cardanol. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2019. art. no. 8645429. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1687-8434; ESSN: 1687-8442

Abstract

In this experiment, thermoset cardanol resin was reinforced with short kenaf bast fibers to produce 100% green composites. Different fiber loadings based on weight ratios (0%, 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60%) were fabricated by the hand layup method followed by compression molding. The results indicated that 50UTK (untreated kenaf fibers) displays the highest mechanical properties (91.9% and 43.4% increment for tensile strength and impact strength, respectively) compared with the brittle cardanol polymer and other combinations of composite. This indicates a great load transfer mechanism by kenaf fiber reinforcement due to good fiber/matrix interface shown in scanning electron microscope (SEM) analyses. On the contrary, short kenaf fiber insertion creates a stress concentration spot at the fiber’s end causing slightly lower flexural properties. Besides, high processing temperature has caused damage to the fibers and made further reduction of flexural strength. Therefore, a better load transfer mechanism has been compensated by negative influences of kenaf fiber insertion. In conclusion, 50 wt% of kenaf fiber insertion is found to be the optimum loading for cardanol matrix.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8645429
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Keywords: Cardanol; Fiber; Kenaf; Resin
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 14 Jun 2021 09:05
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2021 09:05
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81315
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