Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax
This thesis presents, a comprehensive study on the blends of palm oil based wax with filler components such as linear low polyethylene (LLDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE). The work targets the development of cheap industrial wax made from palm oil. The blends studied comprised of commerc...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/33155 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Perlis |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This thesis presents, a comprehensive study on the blends of palm oil based wax
with filler components such as linear low polyethylene (LLDPE) and high density
polyethylene (HDPE). The work targets the development of cheap industrial wax
made from palm oil. The blends studied comprised of commercial industrial wax for
prototyping Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining purpose.
Morphological analysis also has been carried out to investigate microstructure
before composing filler and after filler compositions. The experiment results show
that different kind of filler will affect mechanical properties and will attribute to
strength of blends materials. The effectiveness of compatibility filler was evaluated
using different techniques like thermal, mechanical and scanning electron
microscopy via morphology study. Best compatibilization effect was found in the
blend at loading of 30%wt LLDPE + 20%wt raw palm oil based wax + 0%wt palm
oil fiber for LLDPE filler and 70%wt HDPE + 20%wt raw palm oil based wax +
0%wt palm oil fiber for HDPE filler where at these compositions, the tensile
strength is at the highest level. LLDPE filler blends was awarded best smooth
surface after obtain 1.966μm (Ra) value. |
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