Tensile Strength Analysis of Biodegradable Planting Bag Derived from Banana (Musa Paradisiaca) Peel

Authors

  • Nur Athirah Huzaisham
  • Noraini Marsi
  • Anika Zafiah Mohd Rus
  • Nik Normunira Mat Hassan
  • Azrin Hani Abdul Rashid
  • Muhammad Haikal Mohd Fodzi
  • Rupashinii Thana Singam

Abstract

The study discussed the utilization of banana (Musa Paradisiaca) peel incorporated into biodegradable planting bag. The use of banana peel (BP) in this study is mainly to replace the synthetic materials used in the conventional planting bag. Furthermore, the environmental pollutions can be reduced due to the usage of waste banana peels to produce a new value-added biodegradable plastic. The preparation of samples involved several stages where banana peels were isolated from the chaff and chopped into smaller sizes about 2 cm in length. Then, the peels were oven-dried at 70 and grinded into the range diameter of 23 mm particle sizes. Dried ground banana peels were then extracted by maceration method and later were incorporated into thermoplastic starch with eight different concentration of BP which are 5 wt.%, 10 wt.%, 15 wt.%, 20 wt.%, 25 wt.%, 30 wt.%, 35 wt.% and 40 wt.%. Tensile strength test was carried out to analyse the strength and elongation at break of all the samples. Based on the findings, it is apparent that sample with 10% concentration of BP withstand the highest tensile strength of 39.303 MPa.

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2019-12-14

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