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Development of a low-cost ceiling material based on local rice husks and waste plastics

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dc.contributor.author Lakmal, TCT
dc.contributor.author Chathurika, KPI
dc.contributor.author Udayakumara, SV
dc.contributor.editor Abeygunawardane, AAGA
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-14T04:18:12Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-14T04:18:12Z
dc.date.issued 2020-02
dc.identifier.citation Lakmal, T.C.T., Chathurika, K.P.I., & Udayakumara, S.V. (2020). Development of a low-cost ceiling material based on local rice husks and waste plastics [Abstract]. In A.A.G.A. Abeygunawardane (Ed.), Towards smart society through innovative materials (p. 18). Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17322
dc.description.abstract In the modern world, plastics play a dominant role among all other types of materials. However, not like other materials, plastics take long time to degrade in normal environmental conditions. Plastics used in packaging industry are often discarded to the environment and generates many environmental issues. Due to these issues, past few years many researches focused on recycling and reusing waste plastics. One of the main methods of recycling plastic is making composites. This study was focused to develop a composite material for ceiling sheets using virgin and waste low-density polyethylene and local rice husk. The rice husk- LDPE composite samples were made by using compression moulding techniques after mixing different proportions of rice husk with LDPE. Tensile strength, Flexural strength, swelling, water absorption, Impact strength, hardness and thermal conductivity were checked for all the samples. Results show increasing of hardness, swelling, water absorption and thermal conductivity and reduction of tensile strength, flexural strength, and impact strength with increasing percentage of rice husk. According to the test results, Sample with 20:80 rice husk to LDPE ratio shows better results to use as ceiling materials based on the test results. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Materials Science and Engineering en_US
dc.subject Composite en_US
dc.subject Rice husk en_US
dc.subject LDPE en_US
dc.subject Waste plastic en_US
dc.subject Ceiling material en_US
dc.title Development of a low-cost ceiling material based on local rice husks and waste plastics en_US
dc.type Conference-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Materials Science and Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Materials Engineering Symposium on Innovations for Industry 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.place Katubedda en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos p. 18 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Towards smart society through innovative materials en_US
dc.identifier.email udayakumara@uom.lk en_US


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