Agricultural by-products such as fruits, vegetables, meat, and poultry can pollute the
environment, endangering human and animal health. Most agricultural waste is disposed of …

Filler is one of the most important additives for wood adhesives. The introduction of filler
offers various functions for wood adhesives, such as the increase of initial viscosity, the …

Irrespective of the many advantages of Epoxy resins, such as a wide variety of material
qualities, ease of processing, little shrinkage during cure, and good adherence to various …

Due to the synergic interaction of matrix and reinforcement, the workability of polymeric
composite materials has shown its dependency on compositions. In the present study …

The present work investigated the functional properties of candlenut shell particles (CSP),
candlenut shell charcoal (CSC), and candlenut shell activated charcoal (CSAC) for Hg 2+ …

As the most consumed edible oil worldwide, palm oil consumption boosting results in more
planting and more oil palm by-products (5 times more than palm oil production). In order to …

We used for the first time nipa palm shell (NPS) waste as a renewable precursor to
synthesize high-porous activated carbon (AC) via direct NaOH activation and investigated its …

Brake pads are vital parts of automobiles, where tribological properties are prime concern.
Usually, asbestos brake pads were used, which were replaced by copper-based in later …

In recent years, the use of oil palm wastes has been an interesting approach for the
development of sustainable polymer matrix composites. Nevertheless, the water absorption …

Nanoparticles are considered as feasible strengthening agent which strengthen different
types of polymeric materials with minor reduction in the density of composites. In this study …