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ArticlePolymers2021

Physicomechanical Properties of Rice Husk/Coco Peat Reinforced Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Blend Composites.

Nurul Haziatul Ain Norhasnan, Mohamad Zaki Hassan, Ariff Farhan Mohd Nor, S A Zaki, Rozzeta Dolah, Khairur Rijal Jamaludin, Sa'ardin Abdul Aziz

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors.

Nurul Haziatul Ain NorhasnanRazak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia.
Mohamad Zaki HassanRazak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-2321-0604
Ariff Farhan Mohd NorMalaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-7138-5882
S A ZakiMalaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-6411-9965
Rozzeta DolahRazak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6808-6491
Khairur Rijal JamaludinRazak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia.
Sa'ardin Abdul AzizRazak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia.

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) Scheme FRGS/1/2020/TK0/UTM/02/59Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 'Geran Universiti Penyelidik' (GUP) UTMFR Scheme Q.K.130000.2656.21H13Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Tier 2 Scheme Q.K.130000.2656.17J66
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Utilizing agro-waste material such as rice husk (RH) and coco peat (CP) reinforced with thermoplastic resin to produce low-cost green composites is a fascinating discovery. In this study, the effectiveness of these blended biocomposites was evaluated for their physical, mechanical, and thermal properties. Initially, the samples were fabricated by using a combination of melt blend internal mixer and injection molding techniques. Increasing in RH content increased the coupons density. However, it reduced the water vapor kinetics sorption of the biocomposite. Moisture absorption studies disclosed that water uptake was significantly increased with the increase of coco peat (CP) filler. It showed that the mechanical properties, including tensile modulus, flexural modulus, and impact strength of the 15% RH-5% CP reinforced acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), gave the highest value. Results also revealed that all RH/CP filled composites exhibited a brittle fracture manner. Observation on the tensile morphology surfaces by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) affirmed the above finding to be satisfactory. Therefore, it can be concluded that blend-agriculture waste reinforced ABS biocomposite can be exploited as a biodegradable material for short life engineering application where good mechanical and thermal properties are paramount.

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biocompositesbiodegradableblendrecycle composites

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PMID33917337
PMCPMC8038664

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