Title of article :
THE EFFECT OF FIBRES CONTENT ON COTTON REINFORCED ALBUMEN COMPOSITES
Author/Authors :
YUSLIZA, Y. International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, Malaysia , ZURAIDA, A. International Islamic University Malaysia (HUM) - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, Malaysia
Abstract :
The effect of fibres content on mechanical properties and thermal stability of the cotton/albumen composites (CAC) were investigated and presented in this paper. The composites having 0%, 3%, 6%, 10%, 13 %, and 16% w/w of cotton fibres were considered. Hands lay-up technique was used to prepare the CAC specimens which were dried for 24 hours before being characterised and evaluated for their mechanical performance. The thermal stability of the composites were characterised by thermogravimetry analysis. The tensile strength and impact resistance of CAC were found to be maximum at 8.7 MPa and 19.0 kJ/m2, respectively. Analysis on the morphological structure by scanning electron microscope (SEM) revealed that the mechanical properties of the composites depend on good wettability and adhesion between fibres/matrix
Keywords :
Composite , fibres , lay , up , mechanical properties , thermal stability
Journal title :
IIUM Engineering Journal
Journal title :
IIUM Engineering Journal
