Modification of Shea Butter Wood Fiber for Fiber-Polymer Composites in Automotive Interior Cabinets
Keywords:
Shear butter wood fiber, NaOH pre-treated, Compositional constituent, cellulose, lignin, hemicellulose, FTIR, SEMAbstract
The limitations of renewable material obtain from agro-based in the manufacturing sectors indicates much prospect to substitute synthetic fibers and non-metal compounds which are the traditional materials employ at esteem years old. The request of novel organic fiber, that are price friendly, minimal-mass-volume ratio and commonly available, that is reason shea butter wood flour (SBWF) employs in this work and competes with existing fibers for alternative innovative material to solve mankind issues. This research involved determination for the composition of crude and pre-treated SBWF. The SBWF was crushed and powered. The SBWF was sieved to a specific size. The SBWF was processed under controlled parameters: concentration of NaOH from 5, 10, 15 %w/v and immersed time 2, 4, 6 hr. Before modification, the crude compositional constituent of the SBWF was obtained based on cellulose (CLC), lignin (LGC) and hemicelluloses (HMC). Then, the SBWF was pretreated at the variant concentration ant soaking period. The chemically compositions of the chemically modified SBWF was obtained and tabulated. The Fourier transform infra red (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to examine the active radicals and morphology were imposed on the crude and pre-treated SBWF at ultimate condition. From the displayed outcome, the raw compositional constituents were 48.5 %, 13.27 % and 24.76 % for CLC, LGC and HMC, respectively. On the other note, the pre-treated SBWF showed a significant improvement in CLC, LGC and HMC at the variation of concentration and time. The FTIR and SEM examination showed displacement in the position of apex for the spectrum and more roughness of the micrograph due to the aid of chemical influence of the SBWF, respectively. Finally. at optimum state of 10 % w/v NaOH and 4hr immersion period, the CLC, LGC and HMC were 75.15 %, 10.28 and 4.97 %, respectively. The result exhibited by CLC from the novel SBWF is a promising engineering component for automobile parts.
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