Mechanical Properties of Activated Carbon (AC) Coconut Shell Reinforced Polypropylene Composites Encapsulated with Epoxy Resin

Microfibrillation of Coir Using High Speed Blender to Improvement of Tensile Behavior of Coir Reinforced Epoxy Composites

“…It was observed that the tensile strength of coir fiber/epoxy resincomposites was maximum at 30 wt% filler loading (23.68 MPa). Investigation using natural fiber tools, namely bamboo with Poly lactic acid (PLA) matrix has been carried out by [2]. Bamboo fibers, as a raw cellulose source, were used to prepare microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) using a high speed blender at 20,000 rpm for 60 minutes.…”

“…The use of polymer composites cannot be separated from several advantages, such as low production costs, low density, corrosion resistance, insulators and manageable mechanics. The interface bond between fiber and matrix polymer is very important for composite compositions [1][2][3][4][5]. The use of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites with thermoplastic and thermoset matrices has been applied in various fields, starting in agriculture to automotive.…”

A Comparative Analysis of Three Optimisation Approaches to Free Swell Characterisation of Particulate Coconut Shell Reinforcement Composite Material

“…Diao et al [20], Brahmakumar et al [20], Vijayakumar et al [14], Kumar et al [16] as well as Fernandez et al [17] and Jang et al [18] all investigated on coconut fibre. Albano et al [7] worked on coconut flour while Salleh et al [11] worked on coconut shell. Unfortunately, since their directions of research were not on water absorption of reinforcements in independence, literature has not captured what parts of coconut might react with water.…”

“…Previous works have been largely concerned with investigations on the mechanical properties of coconut shell and its fibres under different conditions of activation carbon [11] and under normal conditions [12]. The impact properties of coconut fibres has been investigated [13].…”

“…Findings from the work revealed that natural filler should be regarded as a viable reinforcement of epoxy composites in semistructural applications. Salleh et al [11] studied the mechanical properties of prepared natural activated carbon composite in order to categorise their qualities. The peak tensile stresses were found in the sample 4 wt% and a value of 30 MPa.…”