scholarly journals The Effect of 3-aminopropyltrimethyoxysilane (AMEO) as a Coupling Agent on Curing and Mechanical Properties of Natural Rubber/Palm Kernel Shell Powder Composites

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 327-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhairiah Daud ◽  
Hanafi Ismail ◽  
Azhar Abu Bakar
2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lefan Li ◽  
Zongqiang Zeng ◽  
Zhifen Wang ◽  
Zheng Peng ◽  
Xiaodong She ◽  
...  

The oyster shell powder/natural rubber composites were successfully prepared by blending the modified oyster shell powder with natural rubber (NR). The oyster shell powder with a particle size of 209 nm were well distributed within the rubber matrix. The characteristic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) absorption bands of both oyster shell powder and natural rubber were observed in the FTIR spectra of NR/oyster shell powder composites. The C-O absorption bands in carbonates of composites exhibit a shift from 1425 cm−1 to 1446 cm−1 which suggests the bonds formed among oyster shell powder, earth coupling agent and NR. The tensile strength and stress at 500% elongation increased with rising of the earth coupling agent. Composites with 1.5 parts per hundred rubber (phr) coupling agent achieved the highest mechanical properties, where an increase of 13.4% in tensile strength was found. The tensile strength and tear strength increased along with an increment of oyster shell powder. When the content of oyster shell powder attained 25–30 phr, the composites exhibited the best mechanical properties. In particular, the tensile strength and tear strength increased by 27.9% and 17.2% when compared with those of the control samples. Furthermore, the addition of the oyster shell powder leads to the improvement of thermal stability which is evidenced by an increase of 8 °C in the initial degradation temperature. The improvement of the mechanical properties and thermal stability of the composites have demonstrated that the oyster shell powder can be used as potential fillers for natural rubber.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dosu Malomo ◽  
Abdulhakeem D Olasupo ◽  
Abayomi M Adesigbin ◽  
Owen Egharevba ◽  
Sulaiman O Adewuyi ◽  
...  

Palm kernel shell was activated using chemical activation of H3PO4 and KOH. Various amounts of activated palm kernel shell (APKS) couple with carbon black (CB) and other conventional ingredients were used to produce natural rubber vulcanizates (NR vulcanizates). The NR vulcanizates were compounded on a two-row mill and tested for its physico-mechanical properties. The results for characterization of physicochemical properties carried out on APKS  were ash content (2.06%), moisture content (8.06%), %carbon (54.41%), particle size (4.00, 3.35, 2.00, 1.18mm), bulk density (0.62g/ml) and pH (5.3).The results show significant values for all, the moisture and ash content were within the recommended standard of ASTM (3-10max) and (< or =8) respectively. The filler loading concentrations CB/APKS were labeled as mixes 1 to 7. The composition of CB/APKS filler loading ratios were 30:0, 25:5, 20:10, 15:15, 10:20, 5:25, and 0:30 samples 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 respectively. Results obtained showed that CB/APKS filled vulcanizates exhibited improvement in the physico-mechanical properties investigated. The results obtained for CB/APKS across the samples filler loading shows that CB composition possess higher UTS, EB and rubber fatigue test while APKS filler loading composition exhibited higher hardness and young modulus. Abrasion resistance was excellent for both CB and APKS filler loading composition.Keywords: Activated Palm Kernel Shell, filler, carbon black, Chemical Activation, Natural Rubber.


2013 ◽  
Vol 856 ◽  
pp. 338-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin Yee Sing ◽  
Mohd Shiraz Aris

Burning fossil fuel like coal in power plants released carbon dioxide that had been absorbed millions of years ago. Unfortunately, excessive carbon dioxide emission had led to global warming. Malaysia, as one of the major exporters of palm oil, has abundant oil palm mill residues that could be converted into value-added product like biomass fuel briquettes. Fuel briquette with palm kernel shell and palm mesocarp fibre as its main ingredients showed satisfactory fuel characteristics and mechanical properties as a pure biomass fuel briquette. The effects of adding some coal of higher calorific value to the satisfactory biomass fuel briquette were focused in this study. Various coal-biomass fuel blends were used, ranging from 0wt% coal to 50wt% coal. The fuel properties and mechanical properties of pure biomass briquette and briquettes with different amount of coal added were compared experimentally. From the fuel properties tests, it was found that as the coal content in the briquette was increased, the carbon content and calorific value increased. Mechanical property tests on the fuel briquettes showed a mixture of results, with some favored higher portion of coal in the briquette for better handling, transport and storage properties while some favored greater amount of biomass.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alias Nur Fazreen ◽  
Ismail Hanafi ◽  
Wahab Mohamad Kahar Ab ◽  
Ragunathan Santiagoo ◽  
Ardhyananta Hosta ◽  
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