02830ntm a2200373 i 4500 vtls000102827 KUKTEM 20251117113348.0 180122s2017 my a f am 000 0 eng d THE0000901(Local) 201905271512 nazirah 201802201220 saini 201801221507 saini 201801221445 saini UMP eng UMP rda FKKSA .H36 2017 r Bc. Muhammad Haniff Nizulkeman, author. Preparation and characterization of poly lactic acid (PLA) / polyoxymethylene (POM) blends / Muhammad Haniff Nizulkeman Kuantan, Pahang : UMP, 2017 © 2017 xvi, 55 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM text rdacontent text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia computer rdamedia volume rdacarrier computer dics rdacarrier text file PDF rda Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering Project Paper (Bachelor of Chemical Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang – 2017 Includes bibliographical references Plastics are important material in producing goods, for example electronic casing, plastic bag, diapers, groceries apparatus and automotive parts. Many researches have been conducted that polylactic acid (PLA) was produced as a biodegradable thermoplastic polyester from lactic acid. However, PLA has limited applications due to its inherent brittleness, toughness and low elongation at break. One of the option for improvement is through blending with polyoxymethylene (POM). Melt blending of polylactic acid (PLA) and polyoxymethylene (POM) was performed to investigate the effects of POM loadings on mechanical, morphology and thermal properties of PLA/POM blends. The PLA/POM blends was loaded with 1wt%, 3wt% and 5wt% modified nano clay (C-20).The mechanical properties of the blends were assessed by means of universal testing machine while thermal properties were analysed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Scanning electron microscope was used to study the dispersion and particles size of POM in PLA also C-20 in PLA matrix. The results show, the tensile strength, young’s modulus and elongation at break PLA/POM increased with increasing ratio of clay (C-20). It was found out, the incorporation C-20 is expected increased the tensile strength of the PLA/POM blends. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering Dissertations Universities and Colleges Dissertations Theses 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 FKKSA .H36 2017 r Bc. 0000122170 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 PSM 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 CD 11165 | FKKSA .H36 2017 r Bc. 0000122171 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 PSM VIRTUA40 7363 7369 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0400*0900*1000*2450*2640*2641*3000*3360*3361*3370*3371*3380*3381*3470*5000*5020*5040*5200*6100*6500*6501*9992