Review Article
A Review of Structural Performance of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber in Polymer Composites
Table 1
OPF fiber properties.
| Property | Value | Researcher |
| Density (gr/cm3) | 0.7–1.55 | [15] | 1.15 | [16] | 1.15 | [12] | 1.03 | [17] | 0.895 | [18] | 0.7–1.55 | [6, 19] | 1.07 | [20] | 1.4 | [21] | 1.51 | [22] |
| Tensile strength (MPa) | 71 | [12] | 377 | [17] | 24.9 | [18] | 100–400 | [15] | 58.3 | [20] | 50–400 | [6] | 240–550 | [22] |
| Young’s modulus (GPa) | 1.7 | [12] | 1–9 | [6, 15, 19] | 2.75 | [17] | 0.48 | [20] | 3.2 | [21, 22] |
| Elongation at break (%) | 4 | [18] | 13.71 | [17] | 11 | [12] | 8–18 | [6, 15, 19] | 12.21 | [20] | 14 | [21, 22] |
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