Preliminary Study of HDPE/Kenaf/MMT Nano-Hybrid Biocomposite: Performance of HDPE/Kenaf Biocomposite

Abstract:

This work studies the performance of HDPE/kenaf biocomposite by varying the kenaf loading from 10 wt% to 50 wt%. Compounding has carried out by using single screw extruder. The result indicates that at 10 wt% of kenaf loading gave the highest tensile and impact strength which are25.32 MPa and 102.25 MPa respectively. Beside, at 10% to 50% of kenaf loading show increasing tensile modulus, flexural modulus and flexural strength with increment of kenaf fiber but decreasing in tensile strength and impact strength.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1113)
• Pages: 99-104
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1113.99
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Mohamad Asnawi bin Ya’acob*, Ku Halim Ku Hamid, Suffiyana Akhbar, Mohd Faizal Abdul Rahman
• Keywords: High Density Polyethylene, Kenaf, Polymer Matrix Composites

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