Statistical Study on the Interaction Factors of Polypropylene-Graft-Maleic Anhydride (PP-g-MA) with Graphene Nanoplatelet (GNP) at Various Poly(Lactic Acid)/Polypropylene (PLA/PP) Blends Ratio

Farah Hafidzah; Mohd Bijarimi; Waleed Alhadadi; Suriyati Salleh; Mohammad Norazmi; Erna Normaya

doi:10.22146/ijc.54036

Statistical Study on the Interaction Factors of Polypropylene-Graft-Maleic Anhydride (PP-g-MA) with Graphene Nanoplatelet (GNP) at Various Poly(Lactic Acid)/Polypropylene (PLA/PP) Blends Ratio

https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.54036

Farah Hafidzah⁽¹⁾, Mohd Bijarimi^(2*), Waleed Alhadadi⁽³⁾, Suriyati Salleh⁽⁴⁾, Mohammad Norazmi⁽⁵⁾, Erna Normaya⁽⁶⁾

(1) Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia
(2) Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia
(3) Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia
(4) Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia
(5) Experimental and Theoretical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Malaysia
(6) Experimental and Theoretical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Malaysia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

This paper reports the effects of polypropylene-graft-maleic anhydride (PP-g-MA) and graphene nanoplatelet (GNP on tensile stress of various PLA/PP weight ratio. The PLA/PP blends prepared with the ratio 70/30, 80/20, and 90/10 with the addition of PP-g-MA (1 to 5 phr) and GNP (1 to 3 phr) by using an injection molding machine. The tensile stress (MPa) was analyzed based on 11 runs of full factorial design. The results showed that the tensile stress of PLA/PP blends gradually increased after the addition of PP-g-MA and GNP. There is a relationship between PP-g-MA and GNP which causes a positive impact on the mechanical properties of PLA/PP blends. The optimum tensile stress of 50.06 MPa achieved at the ratio of 90/10 blends with 5 phr of PP-g-MA and 3 phr of GNP.

Keywords

poly(lactic acid)(PLA); polypropylene (PP); graphene nanoplatelets (GNP); tensile stress

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.54036