MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GIGANTOCHLOA SCORTECHINII BAMBOO PARTICLE REINFORCED SEMIRIGID POLYVINYL CHLORIDE COMPOSITES

Siti Atiqa Al Zahra Mat Darus; Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali; Che Husna Azhari; Rozli Zulkifli; Ahmad Adlie Shamsuri

doi:10.11113/jt.v82.13693

Authors

Siti Atiqa Al Zahra Mat Darus Centre for Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali Centre for Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Che Husna Azhari Centre for Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Rozli Zulkifli Centre for Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Ahmad Adlie Shamsuri Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Product (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v82.13693

Keywords:

Alkali treatment, bamboo particle, polyvinyl chloride, steam explosion, mechanical properties

Abstract

This investigation aims to study the mechanical properties of the bamboo particle (BP) (Gigantochloa scortechinii) reinforced with semirigid Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) composites before and after the steam explosion (SE)-alkali treatment. Mechanical properties, namely, tensile, flexural and impact strengths, were determined using universal tensile and impact testing machines according to ASTM standard. The tensile and flexural strengths of the composites were improved after SE-alkali treatment. Results indicated that the tensile and flexural strengths of the composites increased and reached the optimum values of 17.42 and 11.86 MPa, respectively for SE-alkali treatment BP reinforced semirigid PVC with 40 wt% particle content. The impact strength of SE-alkali-treated composites was unimproved due to less dense and rigid particle.

Author Biographies

Siti Atiqa Al Zahra Mat Darus, Centre for Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department,Â
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor.
Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali, Centre for Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Associate Prof. Dr. Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali
Centre for Materials and Smart MAnufacturing,Â
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor.
Che Husna Azhari, Centre for Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Permata InsanÂ
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
Bandar Baru Nilai
71800 Nilai
Negeri Sembilan
Rozli Zulkifli, Centre for Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Centre for Materials and Smart MAnufacturing,Â
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor.

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