Preparation of biocomposite from eggshell and rice stubble

This research aims to study the preparation of biocomposite by utilizing eggshell and rice stubble. Chitosan and cassava starch were used as binders. The procedure was separated into 2 parts, the first part was to study the effects of binder in the construction of bio-composites from rice stubble and the second part was to study the effect of eggshell on the efficiency of biocomposite. The results revealed that the biocomposite with rice stubble to polymer binder ratio of 50:50 % wt. had the best mechanical properties and using more binder increases the water absorption and also results in a higher degradation percentage. The second part was to study the effect of eggshell quantity on biocomposite which showed that the tendency of tensile and bending strength increased when increased in eggshell quantity.