Open AccessThe treatment effect of tensile strength on polypropylene filled with silica from rice husk ash
Author(s) -
F. Y. Guswara,
Farihul Ihsan,
Sri Aprilia,
Zuhra,
Fitriani Fitriani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/845/1/012004
Subject(s) - polypropylene , husk , materials science , ultimate tensile strength , scanning electron microscope , composite number , composite material , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , elongation , melt flow index , chemical engineering , polymer , botany , engineering , copolymer , biology
Polypropylene (PP) is a plastic that can be utilized in many sectors such as food wrappers and eyeglass lenses. Polypropylene which is filled with silica from rice husk ash can improve it is mechanical properties. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the addition rice husk ash on the mechanical properties of polypropylene composite. The extracted silica filtered with 325 mesh sieve. Silica was analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX), Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF). Polypropylene composite is made using a simple mixing method. Polypropylene composite film filled with silica from rice husk ash was analyzed using tensile strength and elongation at break as well as functional group tests (FTIR) and composite structure (SEM). The result of this study was (1) Silica extracted from rice husk ash produced higher silica purity which is 21.93 % weight, (2) The extracted silica was in crystalline form, (3) The silica in polypropylene film was in siloxane form and (4) Polypropylene composite film with the addition of 2 % silica has the highest tensile strength and elongation at break (5.36 kgf/mm 2 and 5.00 %).