Muhammad Salihin Zakaria
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Muhammad Salihin Zakaria
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Muhammad Salihin , Zakaria
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Zakaria, Muhammad Salihin
Zakaria, M. S.B.
Zakaria, M. S.
Salihin, M. Z.
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56479320900
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HTN-7486-2023

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  • Publication
    The Influence of Compounding Parameters on the Electrical Conductivity of LDPE/Cu Conductive Polymer Composites (CPCs)
    ( 2021-11-12)
    Farah Badrul
    ;
    Khairul Anwar Abdul Halim
    ;
    Mohd Arif Anuar Mohd Salleh
    ;
    Azlin Fazlina Osman
    ;
    Nor Asiah Muhamad
    ;
    Muhammad Salihin Zakaria
    ;
    Nurul Afiqah Saad
    ;
    Syatirah Mohd Noor
    Low-linear density (LDPE) and copper (Cu) were used as main polymer matrix and conductive filler in order to produce electrically conductive polymer composites (CPC). The selection of the matrix and conductive filler were based on their due to its excellence properties, resistance to corrosion, low cost and electrically conductive. This research works is aimed to establish the effect of compounding parameter on the electrical conductivity of LDPE/Cu composites utilising the design of experiments (DOE). The CPCs was compounded using an internal mixer where all formulations were designed by statistical software. The scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed that the Cu conductive filler had a flake-like shape, and the electrical conductivity was found to be increased with increasing filler loading as measured using the four-point probe technique. The conductivity data obtained were then analysed by using the statistical software to establish the relationship between the compounding parameters and electrical conductivity where it was found based that the compounding parameters have had an effect on the conductivity of the CPC.
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    Effect of several commercial rubbers as substrates for zinc oxide in the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under visible irradiation
    ( 2020-09-01)
    Nordin R.
    ;
    Latiff N.
    ;
    Yusof R.
    ;
    Nawawi W.I.
    ;
    Muhammad Salihin Zakaria
    ;
    Ishak Z.A.M.
    A new approach of mechanical preparation of photocatalyst zinc oxide (ZnO)/rubbers from four types of rubbers: styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), natural rubber (NR), and epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) with 50% epoxidation is presented. This technique is simple, fast and cost effective as ZnO/rubbers were me-chanically mixed using conventional two-roll mill at 27°C for 10 min and compressed into flat sheet. The characteristics of photocatalyst were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The photocatalytic activity of ZnO/rubbers was evaluated using methylene blue (MB) as a model pollutant under visible light for 300 min. The photocatalytic degradation efficiency of ZnO/SBR is nearly as good as that of ZnO powder (87.32%) compared to ZnO/NR, ZnO/EPDM and ZnO/ENR. This is due to the highest index of conjugated carbon-carbon bond of SBR and hydrogen bonding between ZnO and SBR. The formation of hydrogen bonding was confirmed by FTIR and reduction of energy band gap of ZnO/SBR. The photocatalytic degradation of MB with ZnO/SBR was could be fitted by pseudo-first-order kinetics of the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model.
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