Analysis of thermal decomposition kinetics of chicken feather fiber reinforced Poly-lactic acid composites filament

Adil Khan; Saleh Yahya Alghamdi; Ali Saeed Almuflih; Amal Abdulrahman; Karishma M Qureshi; Naif Almakayeel; Mohamed Rafik N Qureshi

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24245

Analysis of thermal decomposition kinetics of chicken feather fiber reinforced Poly-lactic acid composites filament

Heliyon. 2024 Jan 6;10(2):e24245. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24245. eCollection 2024 Jan 30.

Authors

Adil Khan¹, Saleh Yahya Alghamdi², Ali Saeed Almuflih², Amal Abdulrahman³, Karishma M Qureshi⁴, Naif Almakayeel², Mohamed Rafik N Qureshi²

Affiliations

¹ Design Department, Sayaji Tempo, Vadodara, Gujarat, 390010, India.
² Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology, Parul University, Waghodia, 391760, India.

Abstract

Derivative Thermogravimetric analysis under air was used to observe the thermal decomposition process of Chicken feather fiber (CFF) reinforced Poly-lactic acid (PLA) composite filament of 2.2 mm diameter. The thermal degradation of the sample was initiated at 140 ֯C. Approximately 75 % of the thermal degradation occurred between the temperature of 357 ֯C and 399 ֯C. The composite's activation energy was established using the Coats-Redfern method. The results showed that the activation energy of 112.06 kJ/mol is utilized for the sample throughout the temperature range of 23 ֯C to 398 ֯C. A low activation energy is indicative of rapid chemical reactions between the CFF and PLA molecules. The results from TGA and DTGA indicate that the addition of CFF in the PLA matrix enhanced the thermal stability.

Keywords: Activation energy; Biocomposites; Chicken feather fiber (CFF); Polylactic acid (PLA); TGA.