I Gusti Ngurah Nitya Santhiarsa, Pratikto, A.A. Sonief, Eko Marsyahyo
Effect of alkali strength on the fiber surface treatment and fiber weight fraction variations on the electrical properties of the composite palm sugar fiber-epoxy become the focus in this study. The results showed that the stronger the base or alkaline pH, then the value of the resistivity of the composites increased is greater while the value of the dielectric constant decreases. The increases in weight fraction of palm sugar fibers in the composite resulted in a decrease in resistivity values and otherwise add to the value of the dielectric constant. © 2014 I GN Nitya Santhiarsa, Pratikto, A.A. Sonief and Eko Marsyahyo.
Mechanical Engineering Department, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia; Mechanical Engineering Department, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia; Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institut of Technology, Malang, Indonesia
