Effect of Alkaline treatment on the characteristics of pineapple leaves fibre and PALF/PP biocomposite

• Main Authors: Surenthiran, Gnanasekaran, Nor Ida Amalina, Ahamed Nordin, Mimi Maisarah, Mahadi @ Hamidi, Jun Haslinda, Shariffuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty Mechanical Engineering, UMP 2021
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33412/1/Surenthiran%20JMES.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33412/; http://https://journal.ump.edu.my/jmes/article/view/6072
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Pineapple leaves fibre (PALF) is one of the natural fibre that has high potential to substitute non-renewable synthetic fibre in thermoplastic products. The PALF were alkali treated with different concentrations of NaOH. Untreated and alkali treated PALF were characterized using Thermal Gravimetr...