caa a22 4500 445384360 CHVBK 20180317143027.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10924-010-0203-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10924-010-0203-2 Hybrid Composites Made from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches/Jute Fibres: Water Absorption, Thickness Swelling and Density Behaviours [Elektronische Daten] [M. Jawaid, H. Abdul Khalil, P. Noorunnisa Khanam, A. Abu Bakar] In this research, hybrid composite materials were prepared from combination of oil palm Empty fruit bunches (EFB) fibre and jute fibre as reinforcement, epoxy as polymer matrix. This study intended to investigate the effect of jute fiber hybridization and different layering pattern on the physical properties of oil palm EFB-Epoxy composites. Water absorption and thickness swelling test reveal that hybrid composite shows a moderate water absorption which is 11.20% for hybrid EFB/Jute/EFB composite and 6.08% for hybrid Jute/EFB/Jute composite. The thickness swelling and water absorption of the hybrid composites slightly increased as the layering pattern of hybrid composites changed. Hybrid composites are more water resistance and dimensional stable compare to the pure EFB composites. This is attributed to the more hydrophilic nature of EFB composites. Hybridization of oil palm EFB composites with jute fibres can improve the dimensional stability and density of pure EFB and Jute fibre reinforced composites has higher density of 1.2g/cm3 compared to all other composites. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Composite materials nationallicence Polymers nationallicence Hybrid nationallicence Water absorption nationallicence Thickness swelling nationallicence Jawaid M. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut Abdul Khalil H. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut Noorunnisa Khanam P. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut Abu Bakar A. School of Material and Mineral Resource Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia aut Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/1(2011-03-01), 106-109 1566-2543 19:1<106 2011 19 10924 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-010-0203-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-010-0203-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jawaid M. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abdul Khalil H. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Noorunnisa Khanam P. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abu Bakar A. School of Material and Mineral Resource Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/1(2011-03-01), 106-109 1566-2543 19:1<106 2011 19 10924 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer