Thermal Insulation Material Made From Kenaf Composite

Chong, Yung Oon (2018) Thermal Insulation Material Made From Kenaf Composite. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This project focus on using experimental methods to determine the properties of thermal insulation material made from kenaf composite.The kenaf composite is made of kenaf powder and polypropylene (PP) pellets but divided to four different proportion,which are 20% Kenaf 80% PP, 30% Kenaf 70% PP,40% Kenaf 60% PP and 50% Kenaf 50% PP. The properties of material to be obtained from the experiment include of thermal conductivity,tensile strength and flexural strength.Experiment stage consists fabrication of specimen,fitting of specimen and testing of specimen.From the results, the thermal insulation properties of composite directly proportional to the natural fiber content.As the kenaf content increase,the thermal insulation properties of composite also increase. Tensile and flexural strength of kenaf composite were improved when compared to the raw material.Overall,the composite with the proportion of 30% Kenaf 70% PP showed the highest average properties compared to other proportions.It had been selected as most suitable proportion of kenaf composite to be used as thermal insulation material.

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