Effects of Hydrocolloid on Compression and Morphological Properties of Kenaf Filled Natural Rubber Latex Foam
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Published:2016-05
Issue:
Volume:694
Page:50-53
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ISSN:1662-9795
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Container-title:Key Engineering Materials
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language:
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Short-container-title:KEM
Author:
Abdul Karim Ahmad Fikri1,
Ismail Hanafi1,
Ariff Zulkifli Mohamad1
Affiliation:
1. Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Corn starch has been used as hydrocolloids in kenaf filled natural rubber latex foam (NRLF). Kenaf filled NRLF was successfully prepared by using Dunlop method. This research was carried out to study the effects of hydrocolloid on compression and morphological properties of kenaf filled NRLF. From the graph of 50% compression, it was shown that kenaf filled NRLF with hydrocolloid has higher compression strength compared to kenaf filled NRLF without hydrocolloid. From the micrograph of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), it was observed that the pores size of kenaf filled NRLF with hdrocolloid was smaller than the pores size of kenaf filled NRLF without hydrocolloid. This showed the effect of hydrocolloid which contributes to the high compression strength.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science
Cited by
2 articles.
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