Effect of oil palm nano filler on mechanical and morphological properties of kenaf reinforced epoxy composites

Published Date

1 October 2016, Vol.123:15–26, doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.06.131

Title 

Effect of oil palm nano filler on mechanical and morphological properties of kenaf reinforced epoxy composites

• Author 

• N. Saba ^a,,
• M.T. Paridah ^a
• K. Abdan ^b
• N.A. Ibrahim ^c

• aLaboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
• bDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
• cDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Received 21 March 2016. Revised 17 May 2016. Accepted 27 June 2016. Available online 4 July 2016.

Highlights

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  Nano OPEFB kenaf hybrid epoxy nanocomposites were fabricated by hand lay-up.
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  Effects of nano OPEFB incorporation on mechanical properties were investigated.
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  Effects of nano OPEFB incorporation on morphological properties were determined.
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  Comparative study were made with MMT and OMMT kenaf hybrid epoxy nanocomposites.

Abstract

Epoxy based hybrid nanocomposites was prepared by dispersing the nano filler (nano OPEFB filler, MMT, OMMT) at 3% loading through high speed mechanical stirrer followed by wet hand lay-up technique. Mechanical and morphology properties of hybrid nanocomposites were carried out. Obtained results indicated that the addition of 3% nano OPEFB filler into the kenaf epoxy composites considerably improves the mechanical and morphological properties. Nano OPEFB/kenaf hybrid epoxy nanocomposites displayed comparable properties to MMT/kenaf but less than OMMT/kenaf hybrid epoxy nanocomposites. We concluded that nano OPEFB hybrid composites will provide alternative constructional materials respect to steel, bricks and cement for Malaysia.

Keywords

• Kenaf
• Oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber
• Nanocomposites
• Hybrid composites
• Mechanical properties
• Morphological properties
• Sustainable constructional-building materials

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