Abstract

Application of chemicals to treat the surface of oil palm fibre could have effects on the characteristics of plastics when oil palm fibre and plastic composites are developed. Identification, sampling, and review of literature relating to oil palm fibre (OPF) chemical surface treatment, vis-avis the formation of OPF-plastic composites were done in this study. Chemicals relating to oil palm fibre surface treatment and their effects on OPF-plastic composite characteristics were analyzed. Some surface chemical modifiers influence specific characteristics of composites positively and better than others, while the same chemical may have influence negatively on other traits. Thus, the degree of effect of chemical treatment of OPF-plastic composite could depend on the interesting characteristics, type of chemical, the quantity of chemical and type of plastic.

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Title
Chemical Surface Modification of Oil Palm Fibre: a Case study of developed Oil Palm Fibre-Plastic Composites
Author
Baffour-Awuah, E 1 ; Akinlabi, S A 2 ; Jen, T C 1 ; Okokpujie, I P 3 ; Hassan, S 4 ; Ishola, F 3 

 Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa 
 Mechanical Engineering Department, Walter Sisulu University, Butterworth Campus, South Africa; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria 
 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria 
 Mechanical Engineering Department, Walter Sisulu University, Butterworth Campus, South Africa 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Apr 2021
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2518765152
Copyright
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