Utilization of brown alga ( Sargassum plagiophyllum ) as an efficient reinforcement material for application in wheat gluten biocomposites

This paper makes use of two trade indicators, Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and Regional Orientation (RO), to evaluate the economic impacts of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (The) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Vietnamese commodities at the Harmonized System (HS) 2-digit level. Several sectors in which Vietnam has revealed a comparative advantage, has benefited from the AFTA, and would continue to enjoy trade creation from the RCEP, are: Cereals (10), Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement (25), Rubber (40), Knitted or crocheted fabric (60), etc. More importantly, the result provides a list of commodities in which Vietnam has a comparative advantage and only experiences trade creation when participating in the RCEP. These are: Milling products, malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten (11), Vegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products not elsewhere specified (14), Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal (44), etc. Findings also show commodities in which Vietnam has a comparative advantage; but are not well positioned in the RCEP market yet, e.g. Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products (19) and Manmade staple fibres (55). If sufficient investment decisions and marketing strategies are applied to these commodities, they will well penetrate the RCEP market and bring trade creation and welfare improvement to Vietnam. Public and private investment should consider the above-mentioned commodities as targets to leapfrog the benefits of RCEP.

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Study on Wheat Gluten Biopolymer: a Novel Way to Eradicate Plastic Waste

Indian Journal Of Applied Research ◽

10.15373/2249555x/aug2013/81 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (8) ◽

pp. 253-255

Author(s):

Neha Patni ◽

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Pujita Yadava ◽

Anisha Agarwal ◽

Vyoma Maroo

Keyword(s):

Wheat Gluten ◽

Plastic Waste

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Optimization of Process Parameters in Stir Casting of Hybrid Metal Matrix (LM25/SiC/B4C) Composite Using Taguchi Method

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY ◽

10.24297/jac.v13i9.5777 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 6475-6479

Author(s):

M. Arulraj ◽

P.K. Palani ◽

L. Venkatesh

Keyword(s):

Taguchi Method ◽

Matrix Material ◽

Base Material ◽

Stir Casting ◽

Aluminium Matrix ◽

Matrix Composites ◽

Design Concepts ◽

Specific Strength ◽

Optimization Of Process Parameters ◽

Reinforcement Material

Aluminium based composites exhibit many attractive material properties such as increased stiffness, wear resistance, specific strength and vibration damping and decreased co-efficient of thermal expansion compared with the conventional aluminium alloys. Aluminium Matrix Composites consist of non-metallic reinforcement which offers advantageous properties over base material. Reinforcements like SiC, B4C and Al2O3 are normally preferred to improve the mechanical properties. Here Aluminum LM25 is selected as matrix material while Silicon carbide and Boron carbide are selected as reinforcement material. The fabrication of aluminium matrix was done by stir casting method. In the present study an attempt has been made to investigate the effect of three major stir casting parameters (stir speed, stir duration and preheated temperature of reinforcement material) on stir casting of Aluminium LM25 - SiC - B4C composite. Experiments were conducted based on Taguchi methodology. Taguchi quality design concepts of L9 orthogonal array has been used to determine S/N ratio and through S/N ratio a set of optimum stir casting parameters were obtained. The experimental results confirmed the validity of Taguchi method for enhancing tensile strength of castings.

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Quality Features of Metal Matrix Composite Castings

Archives of Metallurgy and Materials ◽

10.2478/amm-2013-0051 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 659-662 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

K. Gawdzińska

Keyword(s):

Metal Matrix Composite ◽

Matrix Composite ◽

Metal Matrix ◽

Matrix Material ◽

Quality Characteristics ◽

Material Quality ◽

Reinforcement Material ◽

Composite Casting ◽

Quality Features

Abstract In this paper it is stated, that a set of quality features of metal matrix composite castings differs from the same set for castings of classic materials, although some features are common for both of these material groups. These features (pertaining to a set of quality characteristics of composite castings) have been named as specific, they have not been determined yet and a description of material quality should be performed (according to the qualitology) on a principle of description of quality characteristics of this product. Therefore, this set of features has been determined. It was proposed to add the following characteristics to the set of specific features of composite castings quality: matrix material, reinforcement material, binding between components and porosity of the composite casting. In this set a sub-set of quality characteristics of composite castings was also determined.

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