Heat Insulator From Natural Fiber Composite

Mohammad Arsyan, Kamaruzaman (2009) Heat Insulator From Natural Fiber Composite. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Due to high interest in high quality but low cost material, many researches have been done by the researcher and engineers to develop new material that will save the cost especially from natural fiber. Together with the increasing usage of composite material from mixture of natural materials nowadays, this technical report will proposed a research entitled heat insulator from natural fiber composite. Coconut fiber and natural rubber is the material selected for this research as it offers lots of advantages which has high quality as well as easy to found especially in Malaysia. This mixture of coconut fiber and natural rubber is mixed together in a mold and through the cold press process to fabricate the composite with twelve different compositions of natural rubber of five percent to 60 percent. For the specimen preparation, a ten millimeters thick mold is fabricated using several machining process. A specimen of 100 percent coconut fiber also fabricated, as well as an existing product sample as a comparison to the specimens with natural rubber for its mechanical properties. The product is made of 100 percent synthetic rubber. All the specimens will then be tested with heat absorption test test, tensile test, compression test and moisture absorption test to examine the properties of the specimens. From the results obtained, an evaluation will be done to choose the best specimen for heat insulator application. The best specimen for heat insulator application is 30 percent of weight percent of rubber.

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