Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam
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Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam
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Syed Nuzul Fadzli, Syed Adam
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Syed Adam, Syed Nuzul Fadzli
Syed Adam, S. N.F.
Syed Nuzul Fadzli, S. A.
S.A. Syed Nuzul Fadzli
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Influence of Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) waste as substitute feldspar on the physicomechanical porcelain properties

2023-07 , Suffi Irni Alias , Banjuraizah Johar , Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam , Mustaffar Ali Azhar Taib , Fatin Fatini Othman

In this work, the influence of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) waste on the physical, mechanical and thermal properties of porcelain samples was investigated. The influence of the flue gas desulfurization (FGD) waste content (0–15 wt.%) which was sintered at a temperature of 1200 °C was also studied. The result showed that the substitution of feldspar by flue gas desulfurization (FGD) waste in porcelain bodies led to an increase in porosity resulted in a decrease in bulk density and mechanical strength when amount of FGD waste increased. Besides, the increasing FGD waste is also contributed to a decrease value in coefficient thermal expansion value which could reduce the thermal shock in porcelain. As a result, the sintered sample with the composition of 5 wt.% of FGD waste (S5) has the potential to be used as a porcelain tile as it meets the requirements of the standard tile (>35 MPa) despite flexural strength decreased. While the composition of 10 wt.% of FGD waste (S10) and 15 wt.% of FGD waste (S15) was found most suitable for developing porous brick because it meets the requirements of the porous brick standard (>2.5 MPa).

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Physical and mechanical analysis of paddy leaves charcoal briquettes

2020 , Noor Zulaika Salleh Morgan , Firuz Zainuddin , Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam

Paddy leaves can be used to make charcoal briquettes and good as renewable energy sources. The charcoal briquettes were pressed at a pressure range of 50 – 90 bars using the cold press machine. This paper reports the physical and mechanical properties of charcoal briquettes produced from paddy leaves. The moisture content of paddy leaves charcoal briquettes was calculated after dried in an oven at 80°C until the briquettes reached a constant weight. Then, the paddy leaves charcoal briquettes were subjected to the Compression Test with a maximum load capacity of 500kg and crosshead speed of 0.305 mm/min until the briquettes came to a failure as for the investigation of its compressive strength. The average moisture content of paddy leaves charcoal briquettes were in the range of 7-8%. The lowest value of moisture content was 7.32%, recorded by CB5 charcoal briquette sample which, contributed to the highest value of its compressive strength. Its compressive strength was 2.176 MPa. The investigation showed that CB5 was the best charcoal briquette, and the compressive strength was affected by the moisture content in the paddy leaves charcoal briquettes.

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Preparation and properties of porous calcium phosphate

2008 , Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam , Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Noor

In this study, preparation of porous calcium phosphate was involved the addition of sodium di-hydrogen phosphate, NaH2PO4 and di-sodium hydrogen phosphate, Na2HPO4 into the raw calcium phosphate powder. The sodium hydrogen phosphates salt was act as the porosity agent for the bio-ceramic samples preparation. This method using sodium phosphates salt produced samples with 20-70% porosities. After sintering the sample above 700°C with 4 hours soaking time, results showed that open-pores structure in the range of 1 to 400µm in size were obtained. The pores structure and sizes were depending on the percent addition of the additive and the level of sintering temperature. The compressive strength of porous samples was approximately ranging between 14.38 to 103.42 MPa

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The important characteristic and properties of dolomite minerals and potential uses as bioceramics: an overview

2025 , Nur Hasnidah Ahmad Shukeri , Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam , Mohamad Hasmaliza , Heah Cheng Yong , Firuz Zainuddin

Dolomite is a raw carbonate mineral rich in contents with calcium, magnesium and oxide compounds also including other minor impurities from other compounds. It could be easily found in sedimentary rock which is most likely known as dolostone associated with limestone and chalk carbonates. This mineral has been used in a variety of industries including agricultural, metallurgy, constructions, biomass and others. Currently, there are abundant sources of local dolomite minerals but have very limited applications when compared to other types of carbonate minerals. This was contributed by the lack of basic technical information on dolomite properties and no extensive research has been done to evaluate the new potential of this mineral. Therefore, this paper made a brief review on the important characteristics, properties and thermal behavior of dolomite and based on these findings discussed the dolomite's suitability and potential to be used as bioceramics and in biomedical applications.<

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Effect of Ball Milling Process on the Characteristics of Natural Based- And Synthetic Based-Wollastonite for Biomedical Application

2024-12-02 , Nur Hasnidah Ahmad Shukeri , Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam

Wollastonite (CaSiO3) is a potential biomaterial, particularly beneficial for biomedical purposes such as tissue bone regeneration. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of dry and wet milling conditions on the formation of solid wollastonite bioceramic. In this study, synthetic-type wollastonite was produced from chemically synthetic powder; meanwhile, a combination of seashells and rice husk ash (RHA) was used to form natural-type wollastonite. In sample preparation, CaO and SiO2 powder (1:1 weight ratio) were milled together by planetary ball milling operation under different milling conditions: dry and wet milling. The ball-milled powder mixtures were compacted before sintering at 1200°C for 4 hours. The weight loss and shrinkage of the samples were measured and characterized using XRD, FTIR, and SEM analysis. The results confirmed that the wollastonite phase was formed after the sintering process for both dry and wet ball milled processes with anorthic and monoclinic structure types of calcium silicate phases. The wet-milled processed natural powders relatively formed denser bodies and had a higher weight loss percentage compared to dry-milled processed synthetic powders. In conclusion, wet milling is a more suitable method for producing solid wollastonite via powder sintering. In addition, the natural-based sources from RHA and seashells were able to reach the mineralogical properties comparable to synthetic-based sources for forming wollastonite, which could be promising as an alternative material in biomedical applications.

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Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate Additions on the Physical, Mechanical and Bioactive Property of Sol-Gel Bioglass

2020 , Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam , Alias Suffi Irni , Firuz Zainuddin

Porous bioceramics are the materials of choice for non-load bearing bone implants. Calcium phosphates and bioglass are widely used due to excellent biocompability. The primary function of porous bioceramics are as filler material for bone defects. In this research, 10% amount of sodium bicarbonates (Na2HCO3) were mixed with sol-gel derived glass powder (SiO2-CaO-P2O5) and sintered at 700 C for 3 hours. It was found that, additions of sodium bicarbonate induced a foaming effect during sintering of bioglass thus increased the porosity content of the glass-ceramics obtained. However, the increased in porosity significantly reduced the compressive strength of the crystallized glass. The increased in porosity content and formation of sodium related phases within the crystallized glass matrix after sintering resulted in enhancement of its in vitro bioactivity property when tested in SBF solution.

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Physical characteristic and in-vitro bioactivity property of sintered glasses made via sol-gel and powder sintering process

2022-12 , Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam , Firuz Zainuddin , Azlin Fazlina Osman , Hasmaliza Mohamad

In this work, ternary system (SiO2-CaO-P2O5) biocompatible glass with different compositions (CaO/P2O5 ratio) were prepared by sol-gel method and sintering process. The physical characteristic and bioactive properties of each different sample composition were analyzed using XRF, particle sizer, N2 adsorption-desorption, FTIR, XRD, and FESEM-EDX. The sintered glass pellets were subjected to immersion studies in a simulated body fluid (SBF) solution for 14 days. All compositions of gel-glass particulates showed mesoporous-type structures and consisted of very high porosities with nano-pores in size. Different Ca/P ratios in gel-glass composition are affected by different porous characteristics. All compositions of sintered glass showed very good bioactive behavior by significant deposition of the carbonate apatite layer. Sintered glass with the Ca/P ratio = 2.33 showed very significant bioactive properties as it also comprised the highest pore volume and size. However, sintered glass with the lowest Ca/P ratio (Ca:P=1.50) showed a quite significant reduction in the bioactive property as it also consisted of the lowest pore volume and pore sizes. Hence, the in-vitro bioactivity property of sintered glass is significantly influenced by the increase in its porous characteristics due to differences in the Ca/P ratio.

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Comparison of corn and tapioca starch binders on the characteristic of rice straw charcoal briquettes

2023-09 , Syed Nuzul Fadzli Syed Adam , Firuz Zainuddin , Noor Zulaika Salleh Morgan , Hazmi Helmi Saroni

Agricultural waste was abundant and commonly burnt on the landfilled due to no significant uses. Rice straw was rarely used in proper scientific work for the production of charcoal briquettes. Rice straw can be converted into an alternative charcoal briquette which is used for generating heat energy. However, the suitable type and concentration of binder used for the briquette production were still unclear. The aim of this study is to make the properties comparison between corn and tapioca starch as binder used in rice straw charcoal briquettes. Chopped rice straw was combusted in oven at 260 °C for 4 h in order to produce char powder. Each kind of starch and char powder was thoroughly mixed together and then compacted into charcoal briquettes by using a carbon steel die. Charcoal briquette samples were then analysed for volatile matter, fixed carbon, moisture content, ash content and burning rate. It was found that corn and tapioca starch binders with different binder concentrations affect slightly different characters and properties of charcoal briquettes product.

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