Author(s)

Budrun Neher, Md. Abdul Gafur, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mansur, Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan, Md. Rakibul Qadir, Farid Ahmed

BCSIR Laboratories, Dhaka, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh.
Department of Physics, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh.
Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Physics, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh.
PP and PDC, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

With the aid of Injection Moulding Machine (IMM) Palm fiber reinforced Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) composites (PF-ABS) were prepared. Three sets of samples were prepared for three different wt% (5%, 10% and 20%) of fiber contents. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) experiments were performed to study the surface morphology, microstructure (if it crystalline or noncrystalline) and new bond formation after preparation of the composites. SEM pattern shows that after addition of palm fiber in PF-ABS composites the brittleness increased due to creation of voids in the composites except 10% fiber content in PF-ABS. From XRD pattern it is clear that the palm fiber, ABS and PF-ABS composites are amorphous in nature. Moreover FTIR spectrum shows that there is no new bond formed after addition of palm fiber in ABS polymeric matrix to create PF-ABS composites.

PF-ABS, IMM, Surface Morphology, Microstructure and Brittleness

Neher, B. , Gafur, M. , Al-Mansur, M. , Bhuiyan, M. , Qadir, M. and Ahmed, F. (2014) Investigation of the Surface Morphology and Structural Characterization of Palm Fiber Reinforced Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (PF-ABS) Composites. Materials Sciences and Applications, 5, 378-386. doi: 10.4236/msa.2014.56043.