Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre

Coconut fibre reinforced composite was prepared by blending unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) from waste PET with 0.3 v% of coconut fibre. The coconut fibres were pre-treated with sodium hydroxide followed by silane prior to inclusion into the UPR. The untreated coconut fibres reinforced composite w...

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Main Authors:	Nurul Munirah Abdullah, Ishak Ahmad
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/1/14_Nurul_Munirah.pdf

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spelling	ukm-62852016-12-14T06:40:44Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/ Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre Nurul Munirah Abdullah, Ishak Ahmad, Coconut fibre reinforced composite was prepared by blending unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) from waste PET with 0.3 v% of coconut fibre. The coconut fibres were pre-treated with sodium hydroxide followed by silane prior to inclusion into the UPR. The untreated coconut fibres reinforced composite were used as a control. Dricon® as a phosphate type of flame retardant was then added to the composite to reduce the flammability of the composite. The amount of Dricon® was varied from 0 to 10 wt% of the overall mass of resin. The burning properties and limiting oxygen index (LOI) of the treated and untreated composites increased with the addition of Dricon®. The tensile strength and modulus of both composites were also increased with the addition of Dricon®. The treated fibre composite with 5 wt% Dricon® showed the highest burning time and LOI with the values of 101.5 s and 34 s, respectively. The optimum tensile strength and modulus for treated fibre composite was at 5 wt% Dricon® whereas the untreated fibre composite was at 2.5 wt% loading of Dricon®. Thermogravimetry (TGA) analysis indicated that the degradation temperature increased with the addition of Dricon® up to 5 wt% into UPR/coconut fibre composites. Morphological observations indicated better distribution of Dricon® for treated fibre composite resulted in enhancement of the tensile properties of the treated fibre composite. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/1/14_Nurul_Munirah.pdf Nurul Munirah Abdullah, and Ishak Ahmad, (2013) Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (6). pp. 811-818. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description	Coconut fibre reinforced composite was prepared by blending unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) from waste PET with 0.3 v% of coconut fibre. The coconut fibres were pre-treated with sodium hydroxide followed by silane prior to inclusion into the UPR. The untreated coconut fibres reinforced composite were used as a control. Dricon® as a phosphate type of flame retardant was then added to the composite to reduce the flammability of the composite. The amount of Dricon® was varied from 0 to 10 wt% of the overall mass of resin. The burning properties and limiting oxygen index (LOI) of the treated and untreated composites increased with the addition of Dricon®. The tensile strength and modulus of both composites were also increased with the addition of Dricon®. The treated fibre composite with 5 wt% Dricon® showed the highest burning time and LOI with the values of 101.5 s and 34 s, respectively. The optimum tensile strength and modulus for treated fibre composite was at 5 wt% Dricon® whereas the untreated fibre composite was at 2.5 wt% loading of Dricon®. Thermogravimetry (TGA) analysis indicated that the degradation temperature increased with the addition of Dricon® up to 5 wt% into UPR/coconut fibre composites. Morphological observations indicated better distribution of Dricon® for treated fibre composite resulted in enhancement of the tensile properties of the treated fibre composite.
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spellingShingle	Nurul Munirah Abdullah, Ishak Ahmad, Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre
author_facet	Nurul Munirah Abdullah, Ishak Ahmad,
author_sort	Nurul Munirah Abdullah,
title	Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre
title_short	Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre
title_full	Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre
title_fullStr	Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre
title_full_unstemmed	Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre
title_sort	fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (pet) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6285/1/14_Nurul_Munirah.pdf
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Fire-retardant polyester composites from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes reinforced with coconut fibre

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