TY - JOUR
T1 - The behavior of compatibility of Ap-g-PHMA to impact polypropylene/kenaf fibres composites
AU - Handayani, Aniek Sri
AU - Purwaningsih, Is Sulistyati
AU - Yuanita, Evana
AU - Christwardana, Marcelinus
AU - Chalid, Mochamad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2019/5/3
Y1 - 2019/5/3
N2 - In this research, the behavior of poly(hexyl methacrylate (PHMA) grafted to Amylopectin (Ap-g-PHMA) as a compatibilizer on isotactic polypropylene (iPP)/kenaf fibres composites was studied. In order to improve interfacial interaction between hydrophilic kenaf fibre and hydrophobic matrix polypropylene (PP), Ap-g-PHMA is used as a compatibilizer. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and mechanical testing were used for the composite characterization. The properties of binary and ternary systems have been analysed as a function of both fibre and compatibilizer content. All compatibilizer systems showed enhanced fibre dispersion and interfacial adhesion. It was found that using Ap-g-PHMA has a significant effect on composite properties. Fibre loading at 40% ratio showed very good effect regarding mechanical properties with 1% compatible agent. It is concluded, that incorporation of coupling agent had shown a better result than that of without it at a certain level of fibre loading.
AB - In this research, the behavior of poly(hexyl methacrylate (PHMA) grafted to Amylopectin (Ap-g-PHMA) as a compatibilizer on isotactic polypropylene (iPP)/kenaf fibres composites was studied. In order to improve interfacial interaction between hydrophilic kenaf fibre and hydrophobic matrix polypropylene (PP), Ap-g-PHMA is used as a compatibilizer. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and mechanical testing were used for the composite characterization. The properties of binary and ternary systems have been analysed as a function of both fibre and compatibilizer content. All compatibilizer systems showed enhanced fibre dispersion and interfacial adhesion. It was found that using Ap-g-PHMA has a significant effect on composite properties. Fibre loading at 40% ratio showed very good effect regarding mechanical properties with 1% compatible agent. It is concluded, that incorporation of coupling agent had shown a better result than that of without it at a certain level of fibre loading.
KW - Ap-g-PHMA
KW - Compatibilizer
KW - mechanical and thermal properties
KW - morphology
KW - Polypropylene/Kenaf fibre
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U2 - 10.1088/1757-899X/509/1/012014
DO - 10.1088/1757-899X/509/1/012014
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85065612345
SN - 1757-8981
VL - 509
JO - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
JF - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 012014
T2 - 13th Joint Conference on Chemistry, JCC 2018
Y2 - 7 September 2018 through 8 September 2018
ER -