INFLUENCE OF ADIPIC ACID ON TENSILE AND MORPHOLOGY PROPERTIES OF LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE/RAMBUTAN PEELS FLOUR BLENDS

Ainatun Nadhirah A*, Sam ST, Noriman NZ, Ragunathan S, Ismail H

Abstract

INFLUENCE OF ADIPIC ACID ON TENSILE AND MORPHOLOGY PROPERTIES OF LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE/RAMBUTAN PEELS FLOUR BLENDS Ainatun Nadhirah A1*, Sam ST1, Noriman NZ2, c, Ragunathan S3, Ismail H4†

1School of Bioprocess Engineering, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi 3,

Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis.

2Center of Excellence Geopolymer & Green Technology (CEGeoGTech), School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Jejawi, 02600 Arau, Perlis

3School of Environmental Engineering, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi 3, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia.

4School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia.

This study investigate about the tensile and morphological properties of degradable polymer produced from linear low density polyethylene/rambutan peel flour (LLDPE/RPF) blends and adipic acid (AA) was used as a compatibilizer by varying the rambutan peel flour (RPF) amount from 0-25 wt

%. The samples were subjected to tensile and morphological tests. AA compatibilized showed higher strength compared to uncompatibilized blends. The Young’s Modulus for LLDPE/RPF blends increased with increasing flour content. However, the addition of adipic acid had reduced the Young’s Modulus.

Keywords: Linear Low Density Polyethylene, Rambutan Peels Flour, Tensile Properties