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Synthesis of sodium silicate from rice husk ash as an activator to produce epoxy-geopolymer cement
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2021-03)Rice husk ash (RHA), a byproduct of the rice industry, is the primary source of amorphous silica for producing sodium silicate solutions to replace standard commercial sodium silicate in geopolymer mixture design. The ... -
Synthesis and characterization of fly ash based geopolymer ceramics: effect of NaOH concentration
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020-02)Ceramic materials have demonstrated impressive performance under severe conditions in a wide number of areas including health, energy and environment, transportation and electronic applications. In order to meet the growing ... -
Compressive strength and thermal conductivity of metakaolin geopolymers with anisotropic insulations
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020-02)This research investigated the properties of thermally insulating geopolymer prepared using waste filler (fibreboard and rubber) to act as anisotropic pore/insulation. The geopolymer matrix was synthesised using metakaolin ... -
In Vitro bioactivity study of thermoplastic Starch/Bentonite/Hydroxyapatite composites for biomedical applications
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020-02)Potato starch composites film incorporating hybrid bentonite and hydroxyapatite (HA) were investigated as novel biomaterial for potential biomedical applications. The selected potato starch/bentonite composites were prepared ... -
Mechanical and physical properties of bottom ash/fly ash geopolymer for pavement brick application
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020-02)Geopolymers are amorphous to semi-crystalline with excellent physical and and mechanical properties. It has been used to become a potential binder to Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) in certain applications due to its lower ... -
Effect of solid-to-liquid ratio on thin fly ash geopolymer
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020-02)The present work studies the effect of solid-to-liquid (S/L) ratio on the properties of thin fly ash-based geopolymer. The fly ash geopolymers with dimension of 160 mm × 40 mm × 10 mm were synthesised by using various S/L ... -
Microstructural analysis of fly ash-based geopolymers with various alkali concentration
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-08)In the present work, a comparative study on the effect of different concentration of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) on fly ash-based geopolymer was investigated. The geopolymer synthesis by mixing fly ash with alkali activator ... -
Mesoporous structure of doped and undoped PEG on Ag/TiO₂ thin film
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-08)In this reaserch, photocatalyst silver titanium dioxide was doped and modified by Polyethylene Glycol (PEG). The purpose of the present study was to analyse the synthesized Ag/TiO₂ thin film doped and undoped PEG. Ag/TiO₂ ... -
Correlation of microstructure and flexural strength of fly ash geopolymer of varying molarities
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-08)The present work studies and compares the flexural properties of fly ash geopolymer with varying molarity of sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Different molarities of NaOH solution (6M, 8M, 10M, 12M and 14M) are used to prepare the ... -
Mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of lightweight foamed geopolymer concretes
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-08)Foamed geopolymer concretes have a better performance in the thermal insulation properties compared to normal geopolymer concretes. In this research, lightweight aggregate geopolymer concretes was incorporated with different ... -
Effects of thermal resistance to fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-08)Geopolymers are inorganic polymeric materials and cementations materials that replace the Ordinary Portland Cement. This study aimed to determine the effect of thermal resistance of fly ash based lightweight geopolymer and ... -
Porous metakaolin geopolymers with tailored thermal conductivity
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-08)In this work, a novel lightweight metakaolin geopolymers were produced by using hydrogen peroxide as foaming agent. The influence of the hydrogen peroxide incorporation content (0.25 – 1.25%) on density, compressive strength ... -
Influence of solid-to-liquid ratio on properties of fly ash geopolymer ceramics
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-08)Ceramics has come to be progressively very important in industry because of their exceptional mechanical and physical properties The motivation to develop fly ash geopolymer ceramics was to overcome the problem associated ... -
Performance of geopolymer concrete when exposed to marine environment
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-07)Over the decades, concrete is widely known as the most resourceful construction material as it is suitable for many building applications. However, despite its ability to last hundreds of years in many applications, it has ... -
Optimization of processing parameters for graphitization of oil palm trunk waste at lower heating temperature
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-07)Previously synthetic graphite was produced at higher temperature which is around 2,500°C in complex processing method. The method bear the name of the scientist whose discover the synthetic graphite namely "Acheson Process". ... -
Preparation of heat treated Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂ ) nanoparticles for water purification
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2018-06)Photocatalysis using the semiconductor titanium dioxide (TiO₂) has proven to be a successful technology for waste water purification. The photocatalytic treatment is an alternative method for the removal of soluble organic ... -
Characteristics of thermoplastic potato starch/bentonite nanocomposite film
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2018-06)The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of bentonite towards thermoplastic potato starch nanocomposite films on the mechanical, microstructure and physical properties. The nanocomposite films were prepared using ... -
Integrated counselling strategies for children in the substance abused family
(EDP Sciences, 2018)In spite of the fact that substance abuse remains a public health challenge and social problem of enormous magnitudes, with many adolescents and families involved and affected by substance abuse disarrays the issue of ... -
Religiosity and volunteering intention among undergraduate Malaysian Muslim students
(EDP Sciences, 2018)This paper deals with the question: To what extent do religiosity characteristics, contribute to the influence of volunteering intention among Malaysian Muslim students during disasters? To answer this research question, ... -
Promoting social entrepreneurship among entrepreneur with disabilities in contribution for community
(EDP Sciences, 2018)Looking forward of the uniqueness social entrepreneurship (SE) new phenomena born from entrepreneurships felid. Because of that it is a new step point for the entrepreneur with disabilities (EWD) to be part of social ...