Effect of clamshells filler loading on the tensile properties of polyhydroxybutyrate

Othman, Maizatulnisa and Hashim, Mohd Yusoff and Ibrahim, Nor Azowa and Khalid, Khalisanni and Mohamad, Souad A. (2015) Effect of clamshells filler loading on the tensile properties of polyhydroxybutyrate. Advanced Materials Research, 1115. pp. 262-265. ISSN 1022-6680

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Abstract

In this study, the abundant availability of clamshell, as the potential of the biomass resources for the production of the inorganic filler such as calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and calcium oxide (CaO) is fully utilized. In addition, the effect of filler loadings toward mechanical properties of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biopolymer was studied using various ranges of loadings such as 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 wt%. The tensile strength and modulus of PHB showed significant improvement with the incorporation of the filler up to 30 wt %, and this finding was supported by micrographs obtained from scanning electron microscope (SEM) which revealed uniform distribution of the filler in the polyhydroxybutyrate region. However, the elongations at break of the specimen shows vice versa, they start to deteriorate with the addition of the filler.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6759/49328
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Polyhydroxybutyrate, biocomposite, clamshells, biomass, calcium carbonate, inorganic filler, mechanical properties.
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
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 Maizatulnisa Othman
Date Deposited:	10 May 2016 20:29
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2017 06:36
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/49328

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