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Compatibilizing Effect of Modified Polypropylene on the Properties of Polypropylene/Organically Modified Layered Silicate Nanocomposites
Abstract: In the present research paper, a series of polypropylene (PP) nanocomposites containing 3, 5, and 7 wt% of an organically modified layered silicate (OM) were prepared via direct melt mixing in the presence of maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (indicated as PP-g-MA, PPMA), and hexamethylenediamine-modified maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (marked as PP-g-HMDA, PPHMDA) as compatibilizing agent at concentration of 10 wt%. Subsequently the influences of the compatibilizer on the morphological, mechanical, …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 8–19 Read article
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Kinetic Modeling and Thermodynamic Study of the Simultaneous Adsorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Onto Organomontmorillonite in Aqueous Medium
Abstract: Water is a vital source of human life, but it has frequently been polluted by mono and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, usually from petrochemicals in petroleum industrial effluents as well as other anthropogenic activities. This study investigate the potential of montmorillonite intercalated HDTMAand TMPA cations for effective removal of five (5) different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) namely: naphthalene, anthracene, chrysene,benzo(a)pyrene and benzo(g,h,i) perylene in aqueous medium. To research PAH adsorption behaviour …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 28–38 Read article
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Effects of Coupling Agent and Nanoclay on the Mechanical, Morphological and Dimensional Stability of Natural Fiber/Polypropylene Composites
Abstract: Polymer nanocomposite is made up of polymer as a matrix ingredient and reinforcement ingredient as a filler in the form of nanometer particles. These ingredients have dissimilar physical and chemical features and are mixed to generate sole features of nanocomposites. Polypropylene (PP) was nominated as the polymer matrix ingredient. Reinforcement ingredients used include organically modified montmorillonite with natural fiber. Various composites based on polypropylene, natural fiber, and organically modified montmorillonite …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 9–18 Read article
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Mesomorphic Study of Achiral Hockey Stick- shaped Imine Linked Thiadiazole Compounds
Abstract: Achiral hockey stick-shaped molecules are a new extended set for calamitic rod-like liquid crystals,thiadiazole with Incorporation of a nitrogen linkage to the basic structures of a compound will acquaint another new property called photochromism along with liquid crystal because of the photo-isomerization of the -C=N linkage. Now, assuming such compounds also show the liquid crystalline property, then they will become multi-functional due to their photochromic property which might be taken …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 41–50 Read article
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Combine Effect of Dry and Decomposed Raffia Palm in the Bioremediation of Oil-based Drill Cutting
Abstract: This study determines the effect of dry substrate and decomposed raffia palm for degradation of oil- based drill cuttings bioremediation. The remediation process was effectuated using dry and decomposed raffia palm. The experiment was carried out at the research Centre located at Agricultural and Environmental Engineering departmental workshop in Rivers State University, Port Harcourt. Samples of oil-based drill cuttings were bulked in eleven reactors with four replications (T1, T2, T3-T11). …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 21–29 Read article
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Mechanical Characteristics of Polypropylene Composites Reinforced with Hybrid Fibers: Fabrication and Evaluation
Abstract: The goal of current research is to replace synthetic materials with natural, biodegradable, and renewable ones. A lot of study is being done on natural fiber composites because of its unique properties and environmental friendliness. Natural fibers are advantageous since they are easily accessible, manageable, and biodegradable. The goal of the current study is to evaluate the changes in the mechanical properties of polypropylene reinforced with chopped pineapple leaf and …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 20–31 Read article
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Demonstration of Adsorbent Morphology of Different Particle Size for Petroleum Hydrocarbon Treatment in Packed Bed
Abstract: The choice of plantain stem, banana stem and palm oil fibre prepared for treatment of water medium polluted with petroleum hydrocarbon was monitored in a packed bed unit. The raw materials (plantain and banana stem as well as palm oil fibre) were room and sun dried and processed to obtained different particle size of 50, 150 µm and 200 µm. The raw material after processed was used as an adsorbent …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 13–19 Read article
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A Review on Processing of Waste PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) Plastics
Abstract: Solid waste is essentially waste produced in our homes, businesses and industrial sources. Globally waste production is growing in volume and in toxicity. Plastic waste is a nature threat that is of great concern to the researches to refuse and reuse. The man-made systems emphasize the economic value of materials and energy where production and consumption are the extensive economic actions. Such systems are a threat to the environment as …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 1, Issue 1-2, 2015 Read article
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Mechanical Behaviour of Natural Reinforced Polymer Composites with Hybrid Additives
Abstract: The implementation of natural fibres is the fast approaching ‘green’ economy based materials that are used in polymer matrix composites that are intended to replace the conventional synthetic polymer composites. Being plenteous fundamentally, natural fibres have been existed the primary form of natural resources for centuries. Considering that mechanical properties of composites are strongly influenced by the quality of the fibre/matrix interface and with eco-friendly properties like excellent energy absorption, …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 7–12 Read article
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Cellulose: A Natural Polymer on the Earth
Abstract: Cellulose is the substance that makes up most of a plant's cell walls. Since it is made by all plants, it is probably the most abundant organic compound on Earth. Aside from being the primary building material for plants, cellulose has many others uses. According to how it is treated, cellulose can be used to make paper, film, explosives, and plastics, in addition to having many other industrial uses. The …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 32–37 Read article
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Review on the Polymer based Microfluidic Devices for Bioengineering Applications
Abstract: In this review, few recently published research papers related to the experimental investigations are briefly summarized. The experimental observations on different effects to control the surface-driven capillary flow are mentioned related to the polymer microfluidic devices. According to the literature survey in this article, the negative photoresist SU-8 and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) are the two major polymers to fabricate the microfluidic devices using different conventional techniques. This review will be useful …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 44–48 Read article
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Tensile, Flexural and Impact Properties of Luffa Cylindrica and Pineapple Reinforced Polymer Matrix hybrid Composite
Abstract: Composites are emerging as realistic substitutes to the metal alloys in many applications like automobiles, marine, aerospace applications, sports goods, etc. Fiber composites offer many benefits such as low specific gravity, tensile strength and modulus, comprehensive strength, better fatigue strength, etc. Owing to the low specific gravity, the strength weight ratio and modulus weight ratio of these composite materials are markedly superior to those of metallic materials. Composites also afford …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 49–55 Read article
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Castor Oil: A Sustainable and Natural Source of Raw Material for Polyurethane Foam Synthesis
Abstract: ABSTRACTUtilization of castor oil and its derivatives as a raw material for polyurethane synthesis is gaining more attention now a days. Castor oil has the unique structural property in terms of inherent presence of hydroxyl groups in its structure, which impart the natural functionality in the castor oil. Castor oil can be utilized for manufacturing polyurethane due to its inherent structural beauty in terms of presence of OH groups in …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 18–30 Read article
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Synthesis of Biodegradable Nano Composite of PMMA vinyl Polymer with Corn Cob
Abstract: Vinyl polymers are the largest category of polymers which have wide applications. PMMA is important vinyl polymer which when modified with with Corn Cob(agricultural waste) for nanocomposite formation, then it may result biodegradable modified polymer. Corn cobs (focal piece of maize) are either treated as waste or consumed as fuel causing ecological concern. So as to accomplish its worth option in new research regions, corn cob can be prepared synthetically …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 20–24 Read article
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Review On Carbon Reinforced Fiber Composites Using Banana Fiber as Reinforcement Material
Abstract: Composites play a vital role in the area of materials science and engineering as compared to conventional materials composite materials seems to be better than alloys /metals. Composites mean mixing of two different materials of various properties. Composites materials will work for more life no wear and tear problem less weight compared to metal/alloys. In this paper review is studied on carbon reinforced fiber composites using banana fiber as reinforcement …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 1–4 Read article
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Study of Heavy Metal ion adsorption from Synthetic Wastewater with the help of biomass and analysis of Mathematical Model
Abstract: The biofilm matrix is a mixture of secreted polymers, metabolites and nutrients ingested, lysis solution products, and even particle debris. This matrix, which is polyanionic by nature, is essential for the activated carbon of metal cations. In this study, the heavy metal adsorption mechanism in biofilms is modelled in one spatial dimension. The numerical method is a free-boundary value issue for nonlinear parabolic and quadratic partial differential equations. Parabolic equations …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 45–56 Read article
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Performance Calculation of a Gas Plant Compressor Unit
Abstract: This research was centered on calculating the performance of a gas plant compressor unit which was achieved using Tunu Booster Station facility. The results shows that the ability of the compressor, isentropic efficiency and coefficient of performance of the compressor gave values of 33899kw, 0.83 and 1.2. The deviations from the existing plant values were 35.6%, 31.7% and 20% respectively. Other parameters that were considered and evaluated include the failure …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 13–24 Read article
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Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanoparticles using Urtica dioica Plant Leaf Extract
Abstract: The green synthesis of nanoparticles by biological systems, particularly plant extracts, has become an emerging area of nanotechnologies. Nano materials have wide range application in various fields such as electronics, optics, material science and bio medical science due to their size and morphology. Zinc oxide is a versatile semiconductors material and has attractive properties like wideband gap (3.2eV) large exciton biding energy, high stability and environmental friendly material. The synthesis …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 44–57 Read article
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The Current and Potential Usage Areas of Shape Memory Polymer Composites in the Class of Multifunctional Materials
Abstract: Shape memory polymer composites can be programmed into a temporary shape and recover their original shape by applying different stimuli as temperature, UV, magnetic and electrical.In this way, SMPCs in the active and deformable material class, due to its advantages such as being activated by various activation methods and good biocompatibility properties, it has become the focus of research in the field of creating multifunctional materials. They are widely used …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 1–4 Read article
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Investigation the Potential of Sugarcane Bagasse for the Production of 5-HydroMethylFurfural
Abstract: The aim of this study was to invesigate the potential of sugarcane bagasse for 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF). Nowadays, food crops such as glucose and fructose were the main derived for the production of 5-HMF. The potential of sugarcane bagasse to replace the consumption of glucose and fructose was investigated through studies. Consequently, the primary aim of this research was to explore the feasibility of utilizing bagasse as a source for generating …
Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 21–29 Read article