Oil Palm Fiber-LLDPE Composites

Eflfect of fiber loading Addition of oil palm fibers increased density of OPF-LLDPE composites as reported by [39], Density of composite is expected to decrease at higher fiber loading due to lack of wetting and resulting void formation. The reverse trend in case of OPF-LLDPE composites was due to much higher density of oil palm fiber (1503 kg/m ) than that of T.T.DPF. (925 kg/m ). Ihe maximum values of true density, bulk density and porosity of the oil palm fiber-LLDPE composites were 1177 kg/m, 1122 kg/m and 11.3 percent, respectively. 

Effect of fiber treatment The flexural strength of oil palm fiber-LLDPE composites increased with fiber content up to 20 percent and thereafter decreased in case of... 

Keywords Oil palm fiber, polypropylene composites, polyurethane composites, polyester composites, polyvinyl chloride composites, phenol-formaldehyde, composites, epoxy composites, polystyrene composites, LLDPE composites... 

Chapter 5 summarizes the investigation of lignocellulosic flax fiber-based reinforcement requirements to obtain structural and complex shape polymer composites. This chapter discusses in detail the possibility of forming complex shape structural composites which are highly desirable for advanced applications. Chapter 7 focuses on the structure and properties of cellulose-based starch polymer composites, while Chapter 8 focuses on the spectroscopic analysis of rice husk and wheat gluten husk-based polymer composites using computational chemistry. Chapter 9 summarizes the processing, characterization and properties of oil palm fiber-reinforced polymer composites. In this chapter, the use of oil palm as reinforcement in different polymer matrices such as natural rubber, polypropylene, polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride, polyester, phenol formaldehyde, polystyrene, epoxy and LLDPE is discussed. Chapter 10 also focuses on... 

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