Mechanical properties of polyurethane cellular foam from palm canopy powder
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Author list: Memon A., Premanond V., Watanapa A., Ruengwaree A., Torsakul S.
Publisher: Hindawi
Publication year: 2015
Volume number: 2015-July
eISSN: 1745-4557
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
Abstract
Polyurethane cellular foam mixed palm canopy powder were fabricated with sized 350 mm x 350 mm x 100 mm (W x L x H), and were used as heat insulator. Palm canopy powder of three various sizes: 100 mesh, 150 mesh and 200 mesh, respectively, to the polyurethane in the following proportions of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 percent. The mechanical properties was conducted which includes bending test and tensile test in order to study the possibility of using a combination of palm canopy powder and polyurethane foam to produce heat insulation board. According to the results, the proportions of palm canopy powder are affected to the level of bending strength of the material. The maximum bending strength found was 2.56 kilopascal when added palm canopy powder sized 100 mesh in the proportions of 5 percent whereas the minimum bending strength was 1.65 kilopascal when added palm canopy powder sized 200 mesh in the proportions of 30 percent. The proportions of palm canopy powder, however, did not affect the level of Tensile Strength of the material. ฉ 2015 International Committee on Composite Materials. All rights reserved.
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Heat insulation, Palm canopy powder, Polyurethane cellular foam
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