Effect of Pineapple Leaf Fiber Loading on the Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fiber – Polypropylene Composite

Kasim, Ayu Natasya; Selamat, Mohd Zulkefli; Aznan, Nabila; Sahadan, Siti Norbaya; Daud, Mohd Ahadlin Mohd; Jumaidin, Ridhwan; Salleh, Suhaila

doi:10.11113/jt.v77.6617

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“…Firstly, the fibres were soaked in 5% of NaOH solution in a water reservoir for 1 hour at room temperature. Thereafter, the fibres were rinsed several times with distilled water, and then dried at room temperature for 48 hours [1]. The PLF after the alkaline treatment is shown in Figure 1(c).…”

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“…Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in the development of biodegradable fibre reinforced polymer (BFRP) composite as a replacement for conventional materials, especially in the automotive, marine, packaging, furniture and building construction industries [1][2][3][4]. The production of green material natural fibre composites is becoming very attractive and is widely practised, due to the problems of global warming and oil depletion [5].…”

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“…Many types of natural fibres are being used nowadays. Some of the fibres that have been investigated by researchers for use in the natural composite industry include: rice husk [1,5,[9][10][11] , pineapple leaf [10,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] bamboo [22][23][24][25], coir [25], jute, sisal, kapok [26], coconut [27] and oil palm [28]. In this study pineapple leaf fibre from a Malaysian cultivar (Josapine) was used as a reinforcing material and the matrix used is polypropylene.…”

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Mechanical properties of polypropylene composites reinforced with alkaline treated pineapple leaf fibre from Josapine cultivar

Kasim¹,

Selamat²,

Daud³

et al. 2016

Int. J. Automot. Mech. Eng.

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This study investigates the mechanical properties of high impact polypropylene composite reinforced with pineapple leaf fibre from the Josapine cultivar as a function of fibre loading. PLF was extracted by using a pineapple leaf fibre machine and then an alkaline treatment was conducted to enhance the properties. Samples of the composite were fabricated with 100 mm fibre length with five different fibre loadings of PLF (30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 wt%). The fabrication was made by a compression moulding technique with unidirectional fibre orientation. Related tests such as tensile, hardness and density tests were conducted to determine the effect of fibre loading. The experimental data showed that the composite with the 60 wt% fibre loading offered the highest value of tensile strength, which was about 309%, and the Young's modulus was about 540% compared to 0 wt% of PLF loading. Meanwhile, the hardness and density of the PLF/PP composites showed very similar values, with small increments from 30 wt% up to 70 wt% PLF loading compared to 0 wt% of PLF loading. The highest values are 65.38 Shore-D and 1.002 g/cm³ respectively. The results also revealed that PLF from the Josapine cultivar with alkaline treatment greatly influences the mechanical properties of PLF/PP composite.

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Mechanical properties of polypropylene composites reinforced with alkaline treated pineapple leaf fibre from Josapine cultivar

Kasim¹,

Selamat²,

Daud³

et al. 2016

Int. J. Automot. Mech. Eng.

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“…Biomass residues from agricultural wastes have shown great potential as natural fillers in polymer composites [20][21][22]. Eucheuma cottonii (also known as Kappaphycus Alvarezii) is a marine alga that belongs to the "red seaweed" family.…”

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Effect of seaweed on physical properties of thermoplastic sugar palm starch/agar composites

Jumaidin¹,

Sapuan²,

Jawaid³

et al. 2016

J. MECH. ENG. SCI.

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The aim of this paper is to investigate the physical properties of thermoplastic sugar palm starch/agar (TPSA) blend when incorporated with seaweed. The ratio of starch, agar, and glycerol for TPSA was maintained at 70:30:30. Seaweed with various contents (10,20,30, and 40 wt.%) were mixed with TPSA matrix via melt mixing before compression were molded into 3 mm plate at 140 o C for 10 minutes. The prepared laminates were characterized for moisture absorption, water absorption, thickness swelling, water solubility, and density. The results showed that increasing seaweed loading from 0 to 40 wt% has led to a drop in moisture content from 6.50 to 4.96% and 9% reduction of the density. TPSA matrix showed 52.5% water uptake and 32.3% swelling whereas TPSA/seaweed composites (40 wt% loading) showed 97% water uptake and 74.8% swelling respectively. Higher water solubility was also shown by TPSA/seaweed composites (57 wt%) compared to that of the TPSA matrix (26 wt%). After 16 days of storage, the equilibrium moisture content for TPSA and TPSA/seaweed (40 wt% loading) were 23.2 and 25.2% respectively. In conclusion, TPSA/seaweed composites show good environmental friendly characteristics as a renewable material. In future, the properties of this material can be further improved by hybridization with more hydrophobic fillers for better resistance against water.

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“…The constituents inside the bio-degradable composite consist of reinforcement from natural fibre and matrix from natural polymer. Bio-degradable composite totally comply with the green composite concept where all the material are from natural source [15][16][17]. Bio-degradable composite become prominent product since it is eco-friendly and safe too human application.…”

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Effect of starch sizes particle as binder on short pineapple leaf fiber composite mechanical properties

Selamat

Tahir

Kasim

et al. 2018

MATEC Web of Conferences

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Abstract. Pineapple leaf fiber (PLF) is one of the natural fibers that abundantly can be found in Malaysia, but the usage of the pineapple plant is limited only on their fruit and the other parts to be a waste. In this study, PLF is used as the reinforcement material and starch (SH) used as the matrix or binder. Both materials were combined with several compositions ratio (weight percentage) of PLF/SH composites which are 50PLF/50SH, 60PLF/40SH and 70PLF/30SH. Before undergo the fabrication process, the fiber has gone through an alkaline treatment to increase the strength of the fiber and chopped with an approximate size range from 0.5 mm to 5 mm. Besides that, SH powder is sieved to gain several particulate sizes which are 75 µm, 100 µm and 250 µm. The related tests such as flexural, hardness, density tests and macrostructure analysis have been done to determine their mechanical properties of composite. Based on the results, the sample with composition of 70PL/30SH with 75 µm has shown the highest result for flexural stress which is 14.49 MPa. While, the composite with the same composition of 70PLF/30SH with particulate size SH of 250 µm has shown the highest result in the hardness of 67 Shore-D and density of 1.36 g/cm3 respectively.

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Effect of Pineapple Leaf Fiber Loading on the Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fiber – Polypropylene Composite

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Mechanical properties of polypropylene composites reinforced with alkaline treated pineapple leaf fibre from Josapine cultivar

Mechanical properties of polypropylene composites reinforced with alkaline treated pineapple leaf fibre from Josapine cultivar

Effect of seaweed on physical properties of thermoplastic sugar palm starch/agar composites

Effect of starch sizes particle as binder on short pineapple leaf fiber composite mechanical properties

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