Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study

The physico-mechanical and chemical properties of enzyme retting kenaf and shredded empty fruit bunch of oil palm fibres (EFB) were analyzed by chemical extraction, microscopic, spectroscopic, thermal and X-ray diffraction method. Polypropylene (PP), a petroleum based fibre, was also included to c...

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Main Authors:	Noor Intan Saffinaz Anuar, Sarani Zakaria, Hatika Kaco, Chia, Chin Hua, Wang, Chunhong, Husna Shazwani Abdullah
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Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
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spelling	ukm-120722018-09-16T23:12:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12072/ Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study Noor Intan Saffinaz Anuar, Sarani Zakaria, Hatika Kaco, Chia, Chin Hua Wang, Chunhong Husna Shazwani Abdullah, The physico-mechanical and chemical properties of enzyme retting kenaf and shredded empty fruit bunch of oil palm fibres (EFB) were analyzed by chemical extraction, microscopic, spectroscopic, thermal and X-ray diffraction method. Polypropylene (PP), a petroleum based fibre, was also included to compare the properties of synthetic fibre with natural fibres. Chemical extraction analysis showed that cellulose was the major component in both kenaf and EFB fibres which are 54% and 41.34%, respectively. Silica content of EFB was 5.29% higher than kenaf that was 2.21%. The result of thermogravimetric analysis showed that kenaf has higher thermal decomposition rate compared to EFB fibre. However, the residue for EFB fibre was higher than kenaf due to higher content in inorganic materials. The residual content of PP fibre was only 1.13% which was lower than the natural fibre. The diameter of EFB fibre bundle was 341.7 μm that was three times higher than kenaf. Microscopy study demonstrated that EFB surface was rough, porous and embedded with silica while kenaf showed smooth surface with small pith. Higher porosity in EFB was due to the lower fibre density that was 1.5 kg/cm3 compared to kenaf that was 1.62 kg/cm3. Kenaf has illustrated significant higher tensile strength (426.4 MPa) than EFB (150 MPa) and this result is in parallel to the pattern of the crystalline value for both fibres, 65% and 50.58%, respectively. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12072/1/UKM%20SAINSMalaysiana%2047%2804%29Apr%202018%2024.pdf Noor Intan Saffinaz Anuar, and Sarani Zakaria, and Hatika Kaco, and Chia, Chin Hua and Wang, Chunhong and Husna Shazwani Abdullah, (2018) Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study. Sains Malaysiana, 47 (4). pp. 839-851. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol47num4_2018/contentsVol47num4_2018.html
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description	The physico-mechanical and chemical properties of enzyme retting kenaf and shredded empty fruit bunch of oil palm fibres (EFB) were analyzed by chemical extraction, microscopic, spectroscopic, thermal and X-ray diffraction method. Polypropylene (PP), a petroleum based fibre, was also included to compare the properties of synthetic fibre with natural fibres. Chemical extraction analysis showed that cellulose was the major component in both kenaf and EFB fibres which are 54% and 41.34%, respectively. Silica content of EFB was 5.29% higher than kenaf that was 2.21%. The result of thermogravimetric analysis showed that kenaf has higher thermal decomposition rate compared to EFB fibre. However, the residue for EFB fibre was higher than kenaf due to higher content in inorganic materials. The residual content of PP fibre was only 1.13% which was lower than the natural fibre. The diameter of EFB fibre bundle was 341.7 μm that was three times higher than kenaf. Microscopy study demonstrated that EFB surface was rough, porous and embedded with silica while kenaf showed smooth surface with small pith. Higher porosity in EFB was due to the lower fibre density that was 1.5 kg/cm3 compared to kenaf that was 1.62 kg/cm3. Kenaf has illustrated significant higher tensile strength (426.4 MPa) than EFB (150 MPa) and this result is in parallel to the pattern of the crystalline value for both fibres, 65% and 50.58%, respectively.
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author	Noor Intan Saffinaz Anuar, Sarani Zakaria, Hatika Kaco, Chia, Chin Hua Wang, Chunhong Husna Shazwani Abdullah,
spellingShingle	Noor Intan Saffinaz Anuar, Sarani Zakaria, Hatika Kaco, Chia, Chin Hua Wang, Chunhong Husna Shazwani Abdullah, Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study
author_facet	Noor Intan Saffinaz Anuar, Sarani Zakaria, Hatika Kaco, Chia, Chin Hua Wang, Chunhong Husna Shazwani Abdullah,
author_sort	Noor Intan Saffinaz Anuar,
title	Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study
title_short	Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study
title_full	Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study
title_fullStr	Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study
title_full_unstemmed	Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study
title_sort	physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12072/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12072/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12072/1/UKM%20SAINSMalaysiana%2047%2804%29Apr%202018%2024.pdf
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Physico-mechanical, chemical composition, thermal degradation and crystallinity of oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf and polypropylene fibres: a comparatives study

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