Article
  • Influence of Filler Loading on Properties of Polyvinyl Alcohol and Eggshell Powder Biocomposite
  • Nur Fazreen Alias and Hanafi Ismail

  • School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia

  • 충전재 하중이 폴리비닐알코올 및 에그쉘분말 바이오복합체의 특성에 미치는 영향
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Abstract

Biocomposite films made up of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and eggshell powder (ESP) were prepared by solution casting method. The physical propertiess, mechanical properties and biodegradability of biocomposites were studied based on various ESP loading (0 to 40 wt%). From raw material characterization, ESP was found to have similar composition to the calcium carbonate, which is widely used as filler in polymer composites. It was found that the tensile properties decreased with increasing ESP loading, attributed from poor interfacial adhesion and ESP agglomeration as proven by field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) micrographs. Water absorption and water vapour transmission were enhanced with addition of ESP. The biocomposite shows higher biodegradability in both soil burial and natural weathering with increasing ESP loading


Keywords: polyvinyl alcohol, eggshell powder, biocomposite, biodegradability, solution casting

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2023 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2021; 45(2): 191-199

    Published online Mar 25, 2021

  • 10.7317/pk.2021.45.2.191
  • Received on Sep 7, 2020
  • Revised on Oct 27, 2020
  • Accepted on Oct 31, 2020

Correspondence to

  • Hanafi Ismail
  • School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia

  • E-mail: ihanafi@usm.my