Effect of Kenaf Fiber as a Reinforcement on the Tensile, Flexural Strength and Impact Toughness Properties of Recycled Polypropylene/Halloysite Composites

Published Date
Procedia Chemistry
2016, Vol.19:253–258, doi:10.1016/j.proche.2016.03.102
5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials, Minerals and Environment (RAMM) & 2nd International Postgraduate Conference on Materials, Mineral and Polymer (MAMIP)
Open Access, Creative Commons license

Author 

• Neng Sri Suharty ^a,
 
• Hanafi Ismail ^b
 
• Kuncoro Diharjo ^c
 
• Desi Suci Handayani ^a
 
• Maulidan Firdaus^a

• aChemistry Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Jl. Ir Sutami 36A Surakarta, Indonesia
• bSchool of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universityy Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
• cDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia

Available online 24 March 2016.

Abstract

Composites rPP/DVB/PP-g-AA/Hall and rPP/DVB/PP-g-AA/KF/Hall have been reactively synthesized in xylene solution. The starting materials are recycled polypropylene (rPP), divinylbenzene (DVB), and PP-g-AA coupling agent, halloysite (Hall) and kenaf fiber (KF). By using ASTM D638, D6272 and D6110, the mechanical properties of composites which are measured: tensile strength (TS), flexural strength (FS) and impact toughness (IT), respectively. The result of the rPP/DVB/PP-g-AA/Hall (C1) composite test shows that the TS increased up to 52%, the FS to 10% and the IT to 7% compared to that of starting material rPP. In the mean time, the addition of 20% (w/w) of KF as a second reinforcement to form rPP/DVB/PP-g-AA/KF/Hall composites (C3) is able to increase the TS by 18%, the FS by 28% and the IT by 27% compared to the composite without KF (C1).

Keywords

recycled polypropylene

halloysite

kenaf fiber 

composites

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