Tensile and impact properties of polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose treated with different coupling agents

Samat, Noorasikin and Marini, Che Dini and Maritho, Muna Athirah and Sabaruddin, Fatimah Atiyah (2012) Tensile and impact properties of polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose treated with different coupling agents. In: 8th Asian-Australian Association Conference on Composite Materials, 6-8 November 2012, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Effect of different coupling agents; silane (APS) and maleic anhydride grafted PP (MAPP) on the mechanical properties of polypropylene (PP)/microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) composites were determined and compared. The composites with low filler loadings; up to 12wt%, were prepared via melt mixing in a twin screw extruder followed by injection moulding. All composites were characterized by tensile and impact tests. It is observed that the addition of MCC decreased slightly the tensile strength but the MAPP composites showed higher tensile strength than the silane composites. In contrast, the silane improved the Young’s Modulus at higher filler content. And impact properties increased with the presence of coupling agents. These results indicate that both coupling agents affected the mechanical properties in different ways associated with different filler content.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech/Talk)
Additional Information:	4029/44025
Uncontrolled Keywords:	APS, MAPP, microcrystalline cellulose, PP, mechanical properties.
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Noorasikin Samat
Date Deposited:	03 Aug 2015 08:11
Last Modified:	03 Aug 2015 08:11
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/44025

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