Laongdaw Techawinyutham.. PolypropyleneMaleic Anhydride Grafted Polypropylene (MAgPP)coconut fiber composites. Master's Degree(Materials and Production Engineering (International Program)). King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. Central Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, 2015.
Abstract:
The coconut fibers reinforced polypropylene homopolymer (Homo PP) which developed compatibility by using maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAgPP) was produced by co-rotating twin screw extruder. The related PP coconut composites were formed by injection molding process. Effects of contents of coconut fiber (0, 5, 10, and 20 wt percent) and MAgPP (0, 1, 3, and 5 wt percent of fiber content for selected PP composites) in the PP matrix on mechanical, and thermal properties such as tensile, impact, DMA and DSC response, including morphology were studied. It was found that the increase of coconut fiber led to increase brittleness and stiffness of the PP composites. The addition of MAgPP content in PP matrix contributed to increase tensile strength of the related composites, compared to 20 wt percent of coconut fiber without MAgPP (20/0) in PP matrix. The influence of MAgPP on a compatibility between the coconut fiber and polymer matrix was observed using SEM. The results suggested that the Homo PP reinforced 20 percentwt of coconut fiber and 5 percent MAgPP composites (20/5) as suitable for good thermal and mechanical properties. The preliminary results were in line with the expectation of increasing modulus and impact strength. This was considered to be as the result of improvement of fiber/matrix interfacial. The proposed PP/MAgPP/coconut fiber composites prepared by melt compounding was a very effective process being simple, weight reduction and cost efficient for producing thermoplastic natural fiber composite.
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