Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties

Hybrid composites of polypropylene (PP)/nanoclay (NC)/glass fiber (GF) were prepared by extrusion and injection molding. Molded specimens were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), tensile and flexural tests. TEM results revealed NC particle intercalat...

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Main Authors:	Normasmira A. Rahman, Aziz Hassan, Yahya, R., Lafia-Araga, R.A.
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6090/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6090/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6090/1/16_Normasmira.pdf

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spelling	ukm-60902016-12-14T06:40:21Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6090/ Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties Normasmira A. Rahman, Aziz Hassan, Yahya, R. Lafia-Araga, R.A. Hybrid composites of polypropylene (PP)/nanoclay (NC)/glass fiber (GF) were prepared by extrusion and injection molding. Molded specimens were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), tensile and flexural tests. TEM results revealed NC particle intercalation. TGA results showed that the incorporation of clay into the GF composite improves the thermal stability of the material. The initial thermal decomposition temperatures also shifted to higher values. Incorporation of GF into PP lowers the tensile strength of the binary composite, indicating poor fiber-matrix interfacial adhesion. However, introducing NC increased the strength of the ternary composites. Tensile modulus was enhanced with the incorporation of GF and further increased with an introduction of NC. Flexural strength and flexural modulus are both enhanced with an increase in GF and NC loading. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6090/1/16_Normasmira.pdf Normasmira A. Rahman, and Aziz Hassan, and Yahya, R. and Lafia-Araga, R.A. (2013) Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (4). pp. 537-546. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description	Hybrid composites of polypropylene (PP)/nanoclay (NC)/glass fiber (GF) were prepared by extrusion and injection molding. Molded specimens were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), tensile and flexural tests. TEM results revealed NC particle intercalation. TGA results showed that the incorporation of clay into the GF composite improves the thermal stability of the material. The initial thermal decomposition temperatures also shifted to higher values. Incorporation of GF into PP lowers the tensile strength of the binary composite, indicating poor fiber-matrix interfacial adhesion. However, introducing NC increased the strength of the ternary composites. Tensile modulus was enhanced with the incorporation of GF and further increased with an introduction of NC. Flexural strength and flexural modulus are both enhanced with an increase in GF and NC loading.
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author	Normasmira A. Rahman, Aziz Hassan, Yahya, R. Lafia-Araga, R.A.
spellingShingle	Normasmira A. Rahman, Aziz Hassan, Yahya, R. Lafia-Araga, R.A. Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties
author_facet	Normasmira A. Rahman, Aziz Hassan, Yahya, R. Lafia-Araga, R.A.
author_sort	Normasmira A. Rahman,
title	Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties
title_short	Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties
title_full	Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties
title_fullStr	Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties
title_full_unstemmed	Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties
title_sort	glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6090/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6090/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6090/1/16_Normasmira.pdf
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Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: morphological, thermal and mechanical properties

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