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Item Flexural Performances of Epoxy Aluminium Particulate Composites(Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2018) Bello, S. A.; Agunsoye, J. O.; Adebisi, J. A.; Raji, N. K.; Adeyemo, R. G.; Alabi, A. G. F.; Hassan, S. B.Polymers are characterised with lightness, ease of formability and resistance to chemical attack but their modulus and strength are low. Epoxy was reinforced with aluminium particles of different sizes. Bond, functional group and chemical formulae of the composite phases were examined using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffractometer. The flexural test was also conducted on the developed composites via three-point method. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed using aluminium percentage by weight (wt%) and sizes (Ps) as the predictor variables. Results indicated different chemical formulae of the composite phases. A maximum of 124.44 % increase in flexural modulus was found at 12 wt% reinforcement addition. Probability value, 0.000 for each of wt% and Ps affirm evenly significant influence of both variables on flexural modulus of the composites. Hence, the developed multiple regression model can be used for predicting the flexural modulus of epoxy particulate composites within and outside the scope of experiment.Item Quasi Crystal Al (1xxx)/Carbonised Coconut Shell Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Characterisation(Cambridge University Press, 2018) Bello, S. A.; Agunsoye, J. O.; Adebisi, J. A.; Kolawole, F. O.; Raji, N. K.; Hassan, S. B.A novel synthesis of Al (1xxx)/carbonised coconut shell (CCS) nanoparticles using a ball milling technique was investigated. Initial Al/0.1%CCS powders of an average size of 51.06μm was milled for a period of 70 h. The milled particles at 16, 46 and 70 h were characterized using X-ray diffractomer (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope and UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Result revealed that the calculated particle crystallite size from XRD aided with Scherrer's equation is consistent with particle image sizes obtained from SEM aided with software. TEM image depicted variation in orientation and appearance of the Al 1xxx/0.1% CCS nanoparticles at different milling time. The wide variation in the particle size is attributable to different ball impacts on the individual powders during the ball milling process. Increased maximum absorbance observed with the milled particles when compared with the initial powders is an indication of quantum/nanosizing effect due to ball milling.