Effects of particle size and filler content on the thermoplastic composite properties from Keruing Belimbing / Norhaslina Sharif

This study was conducted to determine the suitability of Keruing Belimbing as a filler in the making process of thermoplastic composite using polypropylene and MAPP as a coupling agents and there were used to overcome the incompatibility between the fillers and polymer phases and to improve the performance of composites by enhancing their strength properties. Based on the results, it was found that the higher percentage of filler content that we used, the higher value of strength properties that we can get. The strength properties of thermoplastic also increase with the size of particle that we used. It is thus concluded that Keruing Belimbing sawdust are suitable to be as filler in the making process of thermoplastic composite.