School of Materials Engineering (Articles): Recent submissions
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The effects of carbon black, silica and calcium carbonate in virgin PE/recycle PE/EPDM blends: Thermal properties & swelling analysis
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The effects of carbon black (CB), silica and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in virgin polyethylene (vPE)/recycle polyethylene (rPE)/ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) blends were investigated. rPE was melt blended with ... -
Performance of thermoelectric cooling system: effect of aluminium heat sink and heat dissipation
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)This paper presents theoretical and experimental research works on the effect of aluminium heat sink and heat dissipation in a portable thermoelectric (TE) cooling system. In this study, three units of TE modules were ... -
Characterization of different additives of sintered cobalt F-75 alloy in biomaterial applications
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)A Co-Cr-Mo (ASTM CoF-75) alloy is normally used because of their good in physical, mechanical, wear and as well as biocompatibility. In order to obtain similarity chemical structure of bone, addition of HAP or TCP into ... -
Study on properties and morphology of kaolin based geopolymer coating on clay substrates
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013-12)The application of geopolymer as a coating was not widely explored by other researchers and therefore the study of kaolin based geopolymer coating applied on different types of clay substrate (unsintered and sintered) was ... -
The effects of carbon black and calcium carbonate as a filler on cure characteristic and physical properties of SBR/CRr blends
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013-12)Filler are compounding ingredients added to a rubber compound for the purpose of iether reinforcing or cheapening the compound. Despite that, fillers can also be used to modify the physical properties of both unvulcanized ... -
Properties of natural rubber/ethylene propylene diene monomer/recycled latex catheter (NR/EPDM/rLC) ternary blends: Cure characteristics and hardness
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013-12)Currently, the recycled rubber widely being used in rubber technology. Due to difficulty on reprocessing techniques, the vulcanized rubbers being a big problem in the recycled field. One of the main forms of discharge ... -
Study on physical and chemical properties of fly ash from different area in Malaysia
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013-12)Fly ash is residue from the combustion of coal which widely available in worldwide and lead to waste management proposal. Moreover, the use of fly ash is more environmental friendly and save cost compared to OPC. Fly ash ... -
Tensile and morphology properties of polylactic acid/ treated typha latifolia composites
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013-12)This paper is focused to investigate the effect of treated natural fiber (typha latifolia) content on tensile and morphology properties of polylactic acid (PLA)/treated typha latifolia (T-TyLa) composites. The composite ... -
Design and development of remote communication system for mines detector robot
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)This paper describes the design and development of remote communication system for mines detector robot. This project uses a PIC18F4580 microcontroller to control the robot movements and functions. A metal detector will ... -
The effects of extraction mediums on the properties of porous epoxy using natural rubber latex as void template
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Porous epoxy was fabricated by using natural rubber latex particles as the void template which were extracted after by different types of extraction mediums such of distilled water and toluene under ultrasonic. As expected, ... -
Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Torrefaction is a thermal treatment step in a relatively low temperature range of 240-300°C, which aims to produce a higher energy biomass in terms of low heating value (LHV) and light weight properties. Biomass in wood ... -
Performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine running on blended palm oil
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Rapid increasing of industrialization and motorization has led arising of petroleum and energy demand. This pursue a new energy blends to cater the depletion of fossil fuel and the environmental degradation condition. ... -
Structure refinement strategy of Li-based complex oxides using GSAS-EXPGUI software package
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)This paper discussed refinement strategy that been used to reveal crystallographic properties of lithium-based complex oxides with layered rock salt structure. Rietveld analysis using XRD data was used to determine the ... -
Determination of interlayer mixing and oxygen non-stoichiometry in LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2-δ using powder diffraction data
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The effect of preparation conditions, temperature and atmosphere, on oxygen stoichiometry and interlayer cation mixing in the layered rock salt material LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2-δ has been investigated using X-Ray powder ... -
The existing of oxygen nonstoichiometry in complex lithium oxides
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The possibility of oxygen deficiency in lithium-based complex oxides particularly for layered rock salt structures has little attention in the literature, in spite of the importance of these materials as potential lithium ... -
Effect of maleic anhydride-grafted-polyethylene (MAPE) and silane on properties of recycled polyethylene/chitosan biocomposites
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2013-01)Chitosan-filled recycled polyethylene biocomposites were prepared using an internal mixer. The effect of maleic anhydride-grafted-polyethylene (MAPE) and silane of recycled polyethylene (RPE)/chitosan biocomposites on ... -
Properties of phenolic-based Ag-filled conductive adhesive affected by different coupling agents
(Taylor and Francis Group, LLC., 2013-11)In this study, a phenolic-based Ag flake-filled electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) was investigated in terms of rheological, electrical, and mechanical properties. To clarify the effect of various Ag flake filler content ... -
Influence of post-curing and coupling agents on polyurethane based copper filled electrically conductive adhesives
(Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013-06)Effects of post curing and silane coupling agents with different functional groups such as epoxy, isocyanate and ureide on the electrical and mechanical properties of copper (Cu) filled electrically conductive adhesives ... -
Kaolin-based geopolymers with various NaOH concentrations
(Springer Verlag, 2013-03)Kaolin geopolymers were produced by the alkali-activation of kaolin with an activator solution (a mixture of NaOH and sodium silicate solutions). The NaOH solution was prepared at a concentration of 6-14 mol/L and was mixed ... -
General properties of kaolin geopolymers
(American Scientific Publishers, 2013-01)This paper reported the properties of kaolin geopolymers in term of the bulk density, compressive strength, qualitative observation and SEM analysis of the kaolin geopolymers. Kaolin geopolymers were synthesized through ...