S., N. Afiqah and M. Rus, Anika Zafiah and Syah, A. Shahrizan and M. J., Farhana Hazwanee and M., Noraini and I., S. Aida (2018) Waste polymer blended with copolymer polypropylene to enhance mechanical properties using injection moulding. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7 (3.28). pp. 252-257. ISSN 2227-524X
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This study was constructed to examine the tensile properties and the microstructure of wood-plastic composites (WPCs) before and after being subjected to UV irradiation. The pellet of the wood polymer composites consists of waste polypropylene as the matrix and rice-husk flour as the reinforcing filler. They were mixed blended with virgin copolymer polypropylene through injection moulding and were UV irradiated from 1000 hours to 3000 hours to study the effect of weathering on the tensile properties of the WPCs. The microstruc-tures of the fractured surface of the specimens were examined under Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The tensile properties of the composites decreased with the increase of UV irradiation due to photo degradation. Adding copolymer polypropylene by 10-30 wt% in the composition helps improve the tensile properties of the WPCs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Copolymer polypropylene; tensile properties; rice husk flour; recycled polypropylene; weathering; wood-polymer composites. |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP1080-1185 Polymers and polymer manufacture |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering > Department of Manufacturing Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Miss Afiqah Faiqah Mohd Hafiz |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2021 06:26 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2021 06:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/3648 |
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