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Thermal properties of palm fiber and palm fiber-reinforced ABS composite

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In this study, a natural fiber extracted from the palm tree was used as reinforcement for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) matrix composites. Palm fiber (PF)-reinforced ABS (PF-ABS) composites were prepared via injection molding machine. Three sets of samples were prepared for three different mass% (5, 10 and 20 %) of fiber contents. The effect of fiber addition in composite along with the age and different edges of the palm fiber on thermal properties was evaluated with the help of thermogravimetric/differential thermogravimetric, differential thermal analyses and thermomechanical analysis. Thermal stability of the palm fiber is more for 11- to 20-year age group than 5- to 10-year age group for both thin and thick edges of palm fiber. The thermal stability of PF-ABS composites for different mass percentage of fiber is more or less same except 10 % fiber content in PF-ABS composites.

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This research work was carried out in Heat Treatment Laboratory, PP & PDC, BCSIR, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh.

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  1. Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh

    Budrun Neher, Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan, Humayun Kabir & Farid Ahmed

  2. PP and PDC, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka, 1205, Bangladesh

    Md. Abdul Gafur & Md. Rakibul Qadir

  3. School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Humayun Kabir

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Neher, B., Bhuiyan, M.M.R., Kabir, H. et al. Thermal properties of palm fiber and palm fiber-reinforced ABS composite. J Therm Anal Calorim 124, 1281–1289 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-016-5341-x

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