Azlinda Abdul Ghani
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Azlinda Abdul Ghani
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Azlinda, Abdul Ghani
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Ghani, Azlinda Abdul
Ghani, A. A.
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EWA-5833-2022

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Thermal and mechanical properties of chemical modification on sugarcane bagasse mixed with polypropylene and recycle acrylonitrile butadiene rubber composite

2020-11-01 , Zainal, Mustaffa , Ragunathan Al Santiagoo , Afizah Ayob , Azlinda Abdul Ghani , Wan Azani Wan Mustafa , Othman, Nurul Syazwani

The goal of this research is to investigate the thermal, chemical, and tensile properties of chemical modification of sugarcane bagasse (SCB)-filled polypropylene (PP) and recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBRr). The composites with different SCB loading (5, 15, and 30 per hundred resin) were prepared using a heated two-roll mill at temperature of 180°C.Thermal and the tensile properties of the modified SCB composite have shown improvement. The silane-treated composites have higher thermal stability compared to treated NaOH. The degradation temperature at 70% weight (T70%) of NaOH and silane composite increase by 6% and 15%, respectively. Meanwhile, the tensile strength and Young’s modulus for the both treatment showed an improvement of 20% and 25% for NaOH and 30% and 32% for silane compared to untreated composites, respectively. The chemical properties were investigated using Fourier transform infrared analysis. The modification SCB fiber has improved the adhesion and interfacial bonding between SCB fiber and PP/NBRr matrices.

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Treatment of synthetic turbid water by using natural tamarind seeds

2021-05-24 , Noor Ainee Zainol , Othman I.S. , Siti Nazrah Zailani , Azlinda Abdul Ghani , Abdullah S.

This study is done to find the alternatives to solve the water pollution problem. The common ways to treat polluted water is by using alum. However, the usage of alum as conventional coagulant had caused the formation of sludge that can pollute the water and also cause illness. Tamarind seed was chosen as the alternative because it is naturals, non-toxic, and 100% biodegradable sources. In this study, the research was done in two parts, there are tamarind seed extraction by using different extraction solutions and the jar test. The extraction solution that was used were sodium chloride, potassium chloride and distilled water. In jar test, synthetic turbid water with turbidity range from 200 to 220 NTU was used to determine the effectiveness of tamarind seed as natural coagulant. Form the results obtained, sodium chloride extract achieved the highest percentage or turbidity removal with the percentage 91.32% with the dosage 25mg/L at pH 6, while the distilled water extract obtained the lowest percentage of turbidity removal with the percentage 56.60 % with the dosage 30mg/L at pH 3. As a conclusion, tamarind seed can be used as a natural coagulant in the treatment of polluted water.

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Surface Water Treatment with Natural Starches as Coagulant via Coagulation Process

2020-12-18 , Noor Ainee Zainol , Bakar S.N.S. , Siti Nazrah Zailani , Azlinda Abdul Ghani , Khairunissa Syairah Ahmad Sohaimi

In this study, natural polymers in the forms of starch from sago and tapioca were used as coagulant. The removal of turbidity and chemical oxygen demand (COD) using coagulation process from river water was examined. The treatment on the river water sample was evaluated via a series of Jar Test experimental works with rapid mixing speed of 120 rpm for 1 minute, slow mixing speed of 30 rpm for 20 minutes and settling time of 60 minutes. The tapioca starch removed 93.7% of turbidity at dosage of 1000 mg/L. While, sago starch successfully removed 96.4% of turbidity under optimum dosage of 2000 mg/L. pH 12 was optimum pH for turbidity removal by using sago and tapioca starch whereas the highest percentage of COD removal occurred at pH 4 using sago and tapioca starch. At pH 4, tapioca and sago starch removed 22.5% and 25% of COD respectively. Overall tapioca starch showed better removal percentage of turbidity compared to sago starch throughout the experiment study. Generally, the usage of natural polymers as coagulants is good for turbidity removal; however, it did not work well on COD removal.

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Effect of epoxidized natural rubber-50 (ENR-50) as compatibilizer in composite

2023 , Azlinda Abdul Ghani , Chew Cui Min , Ragunathan Al Santiagoo , Mustaffa Zainal

In this study, the effect of epoxidized natural rubber-50 (ENR-50) as compatibilizer on polypropylene (PP)/ recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (rNBR)/ banana skin powder (BSP) composite was analysed. The aim of this research is to study the effect of ENR-50 with manipulated rNBR loading. Tensile test showed by adding ENR-50, the tensile strength, Young’s Modulus and elongation at break of composite were increased by 9.034 - 2.09 %, 38.77 - 127.33 % and 24.98 - 59.99 % respectively.When rNBR loading were increased, the composite’s tensile strength decreases by average of 41.20 % and Young’s Modulus decreased by average of 59.29 % while elongation at break increased by average of 37.41 %. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) morphology showed that composite with ENR-50 and low rNBR loading showed a better interfacial adhesion. From Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis, it was found that new bond was formed in the composite when ENR-50 were added. In the water absorption test, composite with ENR-50 and lower rNBR loading showed a less water absorption by 1 - 25 %. It can be concluded that ENR-50 can be used as compatibilizer in composite.

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Effects of trans-polyoctylene rubber in polypropylene/recycled acrylonitrile butadiene/rice husk powder composites

2014 , Ragunathan Al Santiagoo , Sam Sung Ting , Azlinda Abdul Ghani , Kamarudin Hussin , Hanafi Ismail , Mustaqqim Abdul Rahim , Zuhayr Md Ghazaly

Composites of polypropylene/Acylonitrile butadiene rubber/Rice husk powder/ (PP/NBRr/RHP) with and without trans-polyoctylene rubber (TOR) were prepared, and the effects of trans-polyoctylene rubber were investigated. By using rice husk powder of 150300μm, five different compositions of PP/NBRr/RHP composites (i.e.100/0, 80/20, 70/30, 60/40 and 40/60 phr) were prepared in an internal mixer at 180 °C and 50 rpm rotor speed. The results indicate that the incorporation of TOR improved the tensile properties of PP/NBRr/RHPcomposites. Scanning electron microscopy of the fractured surfaces proved that TOR promoted good adhesion between the PP-NBRr matrices and RHP.

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