Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers

The aim of this paper is to study the effects of retting processes on rattan waste fibers, specifically on its morphological and thermal properties. The fibers were prepared for water and chemical retting processes, and were labelled as RF, WRF and CRF for untreated rattan, water-retted rattan and c...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad, Zuraida, Yahaya, Insyirah, Tajuddin, Maisarah
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Published:	Unique Research Publishers 2018
Subjects:	TA401 Materials of engineering and construction
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spelling	iium-745582019-10-02T02:45:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74558/ Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers Ahmad, Zuraida Yahaya, Insyirah Tajuddin, Maisarah TA401 Materials of engineering and construction The aim of this paper is to study the effects of retting processes on rattan waste fibers, specifically on its morphological and thermal properties. The fibers were prepared for water and chemical retting processes, and were labelled as RF, WRF and CRF for untreated rattan, water-retted rattan and chemical-retted rattan, respectively. Then, these fibers were mixed and hot-pressed into composite boards, which were analyzed for their thermal, strength and morphology properties. Comparatively from Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), the WRF has higher thermal stability at lower decomposition temperature, yet the CRF has slightly lower thermal stability compared to RF. It also shows that the retting processes have reduced moisture content inside rattan waste fibers. All the fibers underwent an endothermic process in Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) analysis, where it also displayed that the melting point of RWF, WRF and CRF were 177.80 °C, 183.43 °C, 187.27 °C, respectively. Tensile tests showed that the water retting process had improved the strength properties of WRF/PLA composite board compared other boards. It is supported through the morphological structures of boards. The RF/PLA and WRF/PLA displayed smooth board surfaces indicating the better bonding between fiber and matrix. The removal of certain components such as hemicellulose, lignin and other impurities, obviously can be seen from the morphology of WRF and CRF. It resulted in coarser and rougher fiber surfaces that facilitated good bonding between fibers and matrix as well as reasonable thermal stability. Thus, it is recommended to apply the water retting process before proceeding with fabrication of composite boards. Unique Research Publishers 2018-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74558/1/Morphological%20and%20Thermal%20Analysis%20of%20Retted%20RWF.pdf Ahmad, Zuraida and Yahaya, Insyirah and Tajuddin, Maisarah (2018) Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers. International Journal of Current Science, Engineering & Technology, 1 (Special Issue 1). pp. 403-409. ISSN 2581-4311 http://www.ijcrset.com/files/V1-S1-01.pdf 10.30967/ijcrset.1.S1.2018.1-7
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description	The aim of this paper is to study the effects of retting processes on rattan waste fibers, specifically on its morphological and thermal properties. The fibers were prepared for water and chemical retting processes, and were labelled as RF, WRF and CRF for untreated rattan, water-retted rattan and chemical-retted rattan, respectively. Then, these fibers were mixed and hot-pressed into composite boards, which were analyzed for their thermal, strength and morphology properties. Comparatively from Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), the WRF has higher thermal stability at lower decomposition temperature, yet the CRF has slightly lower thermal stability compared to RF. It also shows that the retting processes have reduced moisture content inside rattan waste fibers. All the fibers underwent an endothermic process in Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) analysis, where it also displayed that the melting point of RWF, WRF and CRF were 177.80 °C, 183.43 °C, 187.27 °C, respectively. Tensile tests showed that the water retting process had improved the strength properties of WRF/PLA composite board compared other boards. It is supported through the morphological structures of boards. The RF/PLA and WRF/PLA displayed smooth board surfaces indicating the better bonding between fiber and matrix. The removal of certain components such as hemicellulose, lignin and other impurities, obviously can be seen from the morphology of WRF and CRF. It resulted in coarser and rougher fiber surfaces that facilitated good bonding between fibers and matrix as well as reasonable thermal stability. Thus, it is recommended to apply the water retting process before proceeding with fabrication of composite boards.
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author	Ahmad, Zuraida Yahaya, Insyirah Tajuddin, Maisarah
author_facet	Ahmad, Zuraida Yahaya, Insyirah Tajuddin, Maisarah
author_sort	Ahmad, Zuraida
title	Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers
title_short	Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers
title_full	Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers
title_fullStr	Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers
title_full_unstemmed	Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers
title_sort	morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers
publisher	Unique Research Publishers
publishDate	2018
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Morphological and thermal analysis of retted rattan waste fibers

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