Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites

Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites

This paper focus on potential of kenaf fibre (KF) as a reinforcing material for poly(lactic acid) (PLA) biopolymer. The fabrication of kenaf bast fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposite is expected to be applied in food packaging industry with the properties that are comparable to fossil-fue...

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Main Authors: Anuar, Hazleen, Ahmad, Zuraida, Jozsef Gabor, Kovacs, A., Adilah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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TS195 Packaging
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spelling iium-67612011-12-01T07:51:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6761/ Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites Anuar, Hazleen Ahmad, Zuraida Jozsef Gabor, Kovacs A., Adilah TS195 Packaging This paper focus on potential of kenaf fibre (KF) as a reinforcing material for poly(lactic acid) (PLA) biopolymer. The fabrication of kenaf bast fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposite is expected to be applied in food packaging industry with the properties that are comparable to fossil-fuel based composite. The kenaf fibre content in the PLA was varied from 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by weight. PLA-KF biocomposite was extruded using Haake twin screw extruder before injection molded for further mechanical characterization. The average of kenaf fibre aspect ratio is 12. Single fibre tests shown that tensile strength and tensile modulus for KF are 119.6 MPa and 6206.1 MPa, respectively. As for preliminary studies, processing parameters have been determined by using 10 wt% kenaf fibre at temperature of 180 oC and screw rotation of 150 rpm. The theoretical tensile strength and tensile modulus was also predicted by using rule of mixtures and the value then compared with the value obtained via experimental. 2010-06-22 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6761/2/Full_paper_WPC_2010_6761.pdf Anuar, Hazleen and Ahmad, Zuraida and Jozsef Gabor, Kovacs and A., Adilah (2010) Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites. In: 8th Global WPC and Natural Fibre Composites Congress and Exhibition, 22–23 June 2010, Stuttgart, Germany. (Unpublished) http://www.wpc-nfk.de/
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spellingShingle TS195 Packaging
Anuar, Hazleen
Ahmad, Zuraida
Jozsef Gabor, Kovacs
A., Adilah
Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites
description This paper focus on potential of kenaf fibre (KF) as a reinforcing material for poly(lactic acid) (PLA) biopolymer. The fabrication of kenaf bast fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposite is expected to be applied in food packaging industry with the properties that are comparable to fossil-fuel based composite. The kenaf fibre content in the PLA was varied from 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by weight. PLA-KF biocomposite was extruded using Haake twin screw extruder before injection molded for further mechanical characterization. The average of kenaf fibre aspect ratio is 12. Single fibre tests shown that tensile strength and tensile modulus for KF are 119.6 MPa and 6206.1 MPa, respectively. As for preliminary studies, processing parameters have been determined by using 10 wt% kenaf fibre at temperature of 180 oC and screw rotation of 150 rpm. The theoretical tensile strength and tensile modulus was also predicted by using rule of mixtures and the value then compared with the value obtained via experimental.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Anuar, Hazleen
Ahmad, Zuraida
Jozsef Gabor, Kovacs
A., Adilah
author_facet Anuar, Hazleen
Ahmad, Zuraida
Jozsef Gabor, Kovacs
A., Adilah
author_sort Anuar, Hazleen
title Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites
title_short Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites
title_full Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites
title_fullStr Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites
title_full_unstemmed Kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites
title_sort kenaf fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) biocomposites
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/6761/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/6761/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/6761/2/Full_paper_WPC_2010_6761.pdf
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