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dc.contributor.authorNabinejad, O.
dc.contributor.authorDebnath, Sujan
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:41:46Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:41:46Z
dc.date.created2015-07-16T06:21:56Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationNabinejad, O. and Debnath, S. and Rahman, M. and Davies, I. 2015. Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites. Materials & Design. 65: pp. 823-830.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34183
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.matdes.2014.09.080
dc.description.abstract

This paper presents an experimental study on the development of polymer bio-composites. The composites were fabricated from unsaturated isophethalic polyester resin containing powdered oil palm shell (OPS) as a function of powder particle size. The influence of washing OPS powder in methanol to remove surface impurities was also investigated with the tensile and flexural strengths and moduli improving significantly (between 22.9% and 61.4%) for the composites containing washed OPS powder compared to the unwashed case. It was observed that the composite tensile and flexural strength generally increased with decreasing powder size with the strength of the composite containing 75–150 μm OPS powder being similar to that of the pure matrix. However, the tensile and flexural moduli of the composites were found to be essentially independent of powder size. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in flowing oxygen indicated that the addition of OPS powder shifted the thermal degradation peak of the bio-composite from 370 °C to 418 °C.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.titleEffect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume65
dcterms.source.startPage823
dcterms.source.endPage830
dcterms.source.issn0264-1275
dcterms.source.titleMaterials & Design
curtin.departmentCurtin Sarawak
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