Nurul Haziatul Ain Norhasnan

Ms. Nurul Haziatul Ain Norhasnan


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 April 2021 in Polymers
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NNNurul Haziatul Ain Norhasnan
Nurul Haziatul Ain Norhasnan
MHMohamad Zaki Hassan
Mohamad Zaki Hassan
ANARIFF FARHAN MOHD NOR
ARIFF FARHAN MOHD NOR
Sheikh Ahmad ZakiSheikh Ahmad Zaki
Sheikh Ahmad Zaki
RDROZZETA DOLAH
ROZZETA DOLAH
SASa’ardin Abdul Aziz
Sa’ardin Abdul Aziz
Utilizing agro-waste material such as rice husk (RH) and coco peat (CP) reinforced with thermoplastic resin to produce low-cost green composites is a fascinating discovery. In this study, the effectiveness of these blended biocomposites was evaluated for their physical, mechanical, and thermal properties. Initially, the samples were fabricated by using a combination of melt blend internal mixer and injection molding techniques. Increasing in RH content increased the coupons density. However, it reduced the water vapor kinetics sorption of the biocomposite. Moisture absorption studies disclosed that water uptake was significantly increased with the increase of coco peat (CP) filler. It showed that the mechanical properties, including tensile modulus, flexural modulus, and impact strength of the 15% RH—5% CP reinforced acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), gave the highest value. Results also revealed that all RH/CP filled composites exhibited a brittle fracture manner. Observation on the tensile morphology surfaces by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) affirmed the above finding to be satisfactory. Therefore, it can be concluded that blend-agriculture waste reinforced ABS biocomposite can be exploited as a biodegradable material for short life engineering application where good mechanical and thermal properties are paramount.