Santhanakrishnan Mamallan¹, Venkateshwaran Narayanan^1,*, Canungo Bhimarao Ragothaman²

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.41, No.3, pp. 105-116, 2024, DOI:10.32604/jpm.2024.056744 - 30 September 2024

Abstract Glass fabric/polymer composites are widely used in various industrial applications due to their lightweight, exceptional strength, and fatigue resistance. Graphene nanoplatelets, a recently developed type of carbon material, stand out as unique nanofillers due to their 2D quantum confinement and expansive surface area within a polymer matrix. These features make them more effective than traditional carbon nanofillers at enhancing a range of properties. In this study, 3-weight % of graphene nanoplatelets with epoxy resin were used for investigation by varying sonication durations (0, 20, 40, and 60 min) using an ultrasonic bath sonicator. The laminates More >

Sumari Sumari^*, Mega Murti, Aman Santoso, Muhammad Roy Asrori

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.12, pp. 3659-3670, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.022995 - 14 July 2022

Abstract Kapok seed oil is an environmentally friendly biodiesel feedstock. The problem of the best catalyst for transesterification of Kapok seed oil still continues today. The research developed a base-heterogeneous catalyst with the effect of ultrasonic waves during transesterification. So, the study aims: (1) to determine the type of natural zeolite used, (2) to determine the characteristics of the synthesized CaO:BaO/ANZ catalyst, and (3) to determine the effectiveness of the CaO:BaO/ANZ catalyst in the biodiesel production process through sono-transesterification of kapok seed oil. The research stages consisted of: (1) activation of natural zeolite and its characterization,… More > Graphic Abstract