Flammability, Tensile, and Morphological Properties of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches Fiber/Pet Yarn-Reinforced Epoxy Fire Retardant Hybrid Polymer Composites

Oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) fiber is a natural that possesses many advantages, such as biodegradability, eco-friendly, and renewable nature. The effect of the OPEFB loading reinforced fire retardant epoxy composites on flammability tensile properties polymer biocomposites were investigated. tests carried out with four parameters, which specimen A (constant), B (20% fiber), C (35% D (50% fiber). PET yarn magnesium hydroxide used reinforcement material agent, respectively. results obtained from several tests, horizontal burning test, scanning electron microscopy (SEM). result for test showed exhibited better properties, had lowest average rate (11.47 mm/min). From strength, revealed highest value 10.79 N/mm2. For SEM morphological increasing defects surface ruptured observed resulted in decreased composites. It can be summarized reduced when volume contents increased at optimal 20%, values 11.47 mm/min 4.29 KPa,