Application Of Palm Oil Fiber-PP Composite For Fabrication On Interior Part Of Automotive Component

Saidin, Nur Hidayah (2017) Application Of Palm Oil Fiber-PP Composite For Fabrication On Interior Part Of Automotive Component. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This study investigates the mechanical and physical properties of high impact polypropylene composite reinforced with palm oil fiber. Palm oil fiber was undergo chemical treatment which is alkaline treatment to improve the properties the fiber. Less than 10 mm length of fiber is used with four different fiber loading of PO (10, 20, 30, and 40 wt%) for composite fabrication. The fabrication of composite was conducted by hot press technique. The test that involved in order identify the effect of fiber loading were tensile test, hardness test, density test and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results of test showed that the PO-PP composite with the 10 wt% fiber loading achieved the highest values of maximum load, tensile stress and tensile strain (extension) which is 1162.21 N, 23.25 MPa, and 0.03624 mm respectively. Meanwhile, for hardness and density, PO-PP composite with 40 wt% fiber loading achieved the highest value which is 64 and 0.997 g/cm3 respectively. The results is influenced by alkaline treatment that change the mechanical properties of the PO-PP composite.

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