Properties of nylon-6-based composite reinforced with coconut shell particles and empty fruit bunch fibres
dc.contributor.author | Savetlana, S. | * |
dc.contributor.author | Mulvaney-Johnson, Leigh | * |
dc.contributor.author | Gough, Tim | * |
dc.contributor.author | Kelly, Adrian L. | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-16T14:38:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-16T14:38:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Savetlana S, Mulvaney-Johnson L, Gough T and Kelly AL (2018) Properties of nylon-6 based composite reinforced with coconut shell particles and empty fruit bunch fibres. Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering. 47(2): 77-86. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15507 | |
dc.description | yes | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Novel natural fibre composites of nylon-6 reinforced with coconut shell (CS) particles and empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibres have been investigated. Fillers were alkali treated before melt compounding with nylon-6. Mechanical, thermal and rheological properties of composites were measured. Tensile modulus was found to improve with both fillers up to 16% for nylon-6/CS composite and 10% for nylon-6/EFB composite, whereas a moderate increase in tensile strength was observed only with CS composites. Differences in the strengthening mechanisms were explained by the morphology of the two fillers, empty fruit bunch fibres having a weaker cellular internal structure. Observation of composite morphology using SEM showed that both fillers were highly compatible with nylon-6 due to its hydrophilic nature. Both fillers were found to cause a slight drop in crystallinity of the nylon matrix and to lower melt viscosity at typical injection moulding strain rates. Moisture absorption increased with addition of both fillers. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2018 Taylor & Francis. This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering, 2018, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2017.1418711 | en_US |
dc.subject | Nylon-6; Polyamide; Mechanical properties; Thermal properties; Rheological properties; Coconut shell particles; Empty fruit bunch fibre; Composite | en_US |
dc.title | Properties of nylon-6-based composite reinforced with coconut shell particles and empty fruit bunch fibres | en_US |
dc.status.refereed | yes | en_US |
dc.date.application | 2017-12-28 | |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.version | Accepted Manuscript | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2017.1418711 | |
dc.date.accepted | 2017-12-14 |