@article{Anuar_Razali_Saidin_Badrul Hisham_Mohd Apandi_Ali_2016, title={Tensile Properties of Durian Skin Fibre Reinforced Plasticized Polylactic Acid Biocomposites}, volume={1}, url={https://www.deerhillpublishing.com/index.php/ijemm/article/view/6}, DOI={10.26776/ijemm.01.01.2016.04}, abstractNote={<p>This research investigates the effects of plasticizer and durian skin fibre (DSF) loading on tensile and morphological properties of polylactic acid (PLA) biocomposites. Epoxidized palm oil (EPO) was added as a plasticizer in this project. The effect of EPO content 0–10 wt% was investigated over the tensile properties of PLA. EPO at 5 wt% was found to provide the highest tensile properties on PLA biocomposite. The plasticized PLA was then investigated for the effect of DSF content by varying the DSF at 1, 3 and 5 wt%. The tensile properties improved by about 7% with 3 wt% DSF. Scanning electron micrograph revealed that a ductile failure was induced in PLA composite with 5 wt% EPO and 3 wt% DSF.</p>}, number={1}, journal={International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture}, author={Anuar, Hazleen and Razali, Mohd Syafiq and Saidin, Hafizul Adzim and Badrul Hisham, Ammelia Fazlina and Mohd Apandi, Siti Nur E’zzati and Ali, Fathilah}, year={2016}, month={Sep.}, pages={16–20} }