M. Mukhlis, Sofyan Arif Setya Budi, I.N.G. Wardana, Kusno Kamil
The purpose of this research is to know the influence of sago fiber (SF) treatment with liquid smoke to the texture and bonding of fiber-matrix. Sago fiber was given two stage of treatment: (1) immersion the fibers with the liquid smoke with the time variation of 1, 2, 3, and 4 hours. (2) Then, the fiber is heating in the heater box at a temperature of 43 degree Celsius during 1 hour. Sago fiber, which have run into treatment and without treatment are grouped, then conducted a series of tests, namely: observation of the fiber texture and observations of bonding between fiber and matrix to figure out the shape of the texture and the bonding of fiber-matrix before and after the treatment with a digital microscope. The observations indicate that the treatment of fiber with the fiber texture form a liquid smoke into a grooved and the more rugged so the bond between fiber and matrix of the more compact. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khairun University, Gambesi Utara, Ternate, Indonesia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brawijaya University, Jl. MT. Haryono 167, Malang, 65145, Indonesia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indonesia Moeslim University, Jl. Urip Sumoharjo KM. 5, Panakkukan, Makasar, Indonesia
