Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards

The main drawback of using natural fibers in composite boards is its hydrophilic properties which absorb a high volume of moisture. This results in low dimensional stability of the produced composite boards. Hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of fibers’ treatment proce...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Zuraida, Y., Insyirah, Tajuddin, Maisarah, Halim, Zahurin
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spelling iium-637112019-05-23T01:18:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63711/ Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards Ahmad, Zuraida Y., Insyirah Tajuddin, Maisarah Halim, Zahurin T173.5 Technology and Islam The main drawback of using natural fibers in composite boards is its hydrophilic properties which absorb a high volume of moisture. This results in low dimensional stability of the produced composite boards. Hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of fibers’ treatment processes of the rattan waste fibers on the dimensional stabilities of composite boards. The collected fibers underwent two types of retting processes, namely a water treatment and alkaline treatment retting processes; where the fibers were soaked in water and a 1% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution, respectively. The fibers were dried and mixed with poly(lactic) acid (PLA) pellets with ratio of 30% fibers: 70% matrix; before being fabricated into composite boards via a hot-pressing process and were labelled as RF/PLA, WRF/PLA, CRF/PLA for untreated rattan, rattan treated by water retting, rattan treated by chemical retting, respectively. The produced composite boards were cut and soaked in water for 24 hours for dimensional stability in terms of water absorption and thickness swelling tests. The results showed that WRF/PLA has the lowest water absorption (3.2%), and the CRF/PLA had the highest water absorption (23.2%). The thickness swelling showed a similar trend as water absorption. The presence of void contents and fibers damaged the insides of the boards, which contributed to low dimensional stabilities of the composite boards. It can be concluded that water retting facilitated in improving dimensional stability of the produced composite board. IOP Publishing Ltd. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63711/1/2017%20-%20%20IOP%20Conference%20Series%20-%20Influence%20of%20Fiber%20Treatment%20on%20Dimensional%20Stabilities%20of%20RW%20Composite%20Boards.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63711/7/63711_Influence%20of%20fiber%20treatment%20on%20dimensional_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63711/13/63711_Influence%20of%20fiber%20treatment%20on%20dimensional_WoS.pdf Ahmad, Zuraida and Y., Insyirah and Tajuddin, Maisarah and Halim, Zahurin (2018) Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering 2017, ICAMME 2017, 8-9 August 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/290/1/012029/meta 10.1088/1757-899X/290/1/012029
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topic T173.5 Technology and Islam
spellingShingle T173.5 Technology and Islam
Ahmad, Zuraida
Y., Insyirah
Tajuddin, Maisarah
Halim, Zahurin
Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards
description The main drawback of using natural fibers in composite boards is its hydrophilic properties which absorb a high volume of moisture. This results in low dimensional stability of the produced composite boards. Hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of fibers’ treatment processes of the rattan waste fibers on the dimensional stabilities of composite boards. The collected fibers underwent two types of retting processes, namely a water treatment and alkaline treatment retting processes; where the fibers were soaked in water and a 1% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution, respectively. The fibers were dried and mixed with poly(lactic) acid (PLA) pellets with ratio of 30% fibers: 70% matrix; before being fabricated into composite boards via a hot-pressing process and were labelled as RF/PLA, WRF/PLA, CRF/PLA for untreated rattan, rattan treated by water retting, rattan treated by chemical retting, respectively. The produced composite boards were cut and soaked in water for 24 hours for dimensional stability in terms of water absorption and thickness swelling tests. The results showed that WRF/PLA has the lowest water absorption (3.2%), and the CRF/PLA had the highest water absorption (23.2%). The thickness swelling showed a similar trend as water absorption. The presence of void contents and fibers damaged the insides of the boards, which contributed to low dimensional stabilities of the composite boards. It can be concluded that water retting facilitated in improving dimensional stability of the produced composite board.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ahmad, Zuraida
Y., Insyirah
Tajuddin, Maisarah
Halim, Zahurin
author_facet Ahmad, Zuraida
Y., Insyirah
Tajuddin, Maisarah
Halim, Zahurin
author_sort Ahmad, Zuraida
title Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards
title_short Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards
title_full Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards
title_fullStr Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards
title_full_unstemmed Influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards
title_sort influence of fiber treatment on dimensional stabilities of rattan waste composite boards
publisher IOP Publishing Ltd.
publishDate 2018
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