Flexural Properties of Alkaline Treated Sugar Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites

Authors

  • S.M. Sapuan
  • Hamdan M.M
  • D. Bachtiar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15282/ijame.1.2010.7.0007

Keywords:

thermal de-aerator, spray and tray combination, condensation heat and mass transfer coefficients, oxygen stripped

Abstract

A study of the effect of alkaline treatment on the flexural properties of sugar palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites is presented in this paper. The composites were reinforced with 10% weight fraction of the fibres. The fibres were treated using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) with 0.25 M and 0.5 M concentration solution for 1 hour, 4 hours and 8 hours soaking time. The purpose of treating fibres with alkali was to enhance the interfacial bonding between matrix and fibre surfaces. The maximum flexural strength occurred at 0.25 M NaOH solution with 1 hour of soaking time, i.e 96.71 MPa, improving by 24.41% from untreated fibre composite. But, the maximum flexural modulus took place at 0.5 M NaOH solution with 4 hours soaking time, i.e. 6948 MPa, improving by 148% from untreated composite.

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Published

2022-12-09

How to Cite

[1]
S. Sapuan, H. M.M, and D. Bachtiar, “Flexural Properties of Alkaline Treated Sugar Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites”, Int. J. Automot. Mech. Eng., vol. 1, Dec. 2022.

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