Effect of Nano-Filler Content and Fiber Treatment on the Characteristics of Gamma-irradiated Rice Husk-Epoxy Particleboard Composites. | ||
| Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications | ||
| Article 5, Volume 52, Issue 2, April 2019, Pages 24-34 PDF (644.71 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajnsa.2019.4835.1112 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hoda Abdel-Rahman* 1; Maha M. Younes1; Eman Hamed2 | ||
| 1Radiation chemistry department | ||
| 2Radiation chemistry Department | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this study, both untreated and treated rice husk fibers with a silane coupling agent are incorporated with epoxy resin to prepare particleboard composites. The effect of different ratios of nanoclay 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% (by the weight of the polymer) on the physicomechanical properties of the prepared particleboard composites is investigated. The results show that the flexural, and impact strengths as a function of mechanical properties getting better with increasing nanoclay content up to 10%. While the addition of nanoclay to the samples decreases the water absorption percentage. This decrease is almost constant with nanoclay (%). In addition, the effect of different doses of gamma-irradiation on the properties of both untreated and treated rice husk-epoxy particleboard composites that containing 10% of nanoclay is also discussed. The results show that the irradiated specimens at a dose of 10kGy achieved a good enhancement in mechanical properties whereas the water absorption percentage as a physical property decreases at a dose of 10kGy and starts to increase with increasing gamma irradiation doses. TGA, and SEM are carried out to confirm the data obtained. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| nanoclay; epoxy resin; gamma-irradiation; particleboard composite; TGA. | ||
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