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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 3

March 20-21, 2019 | London, UK

Materials Science and Materials Chemistry

International Conference on

Synthesis of EPDM rubber coconut leaves activated carbon composite for automobile application

Abhijit S Jadhav

AISSMS COE, India

his paper reports on usability of activated carbon obtained

from coconut leaves (CL) as a filler to prepare Ethylene-

propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) based composite for

automobilebased application. The carbon is prepare and

activated by phosphoric acid (H

) as dehydrating agent and

was sieved for mesh size of CL-355, CL-710, CL-500, and CL-

53. The stoichiometric ratio of phosphoric acid to biomass is

maintained as 3:1 for 300 g of batch

355 given optimised

results for yield, methylene blue number, Iodine number and

surface area found greater as compared with the CL-710, CL-

500, CL-53. CL- 355. Hence CL-355 mesh size activated carbon

was adapted for further study. SEM was studied to know the

morphology of activated carbon. Compounding is carried out

on a two-roll mill and at 160°C. As compared to commercially

available carbon filler, the activated carbon derived from

coconut leaves biomass waste responded better to the petrol

swelling test. Activated carbon derived from coconut leaves

was appeared to be the best for percent swelling and percent

deviation in hardness. The composite prepared are of 40 parts

per hundred (Phr) basis.

Speaker Biography

Abhijit S Jadhav is a founder faculty member of Department of Chemical Engineering,

AISSMS College of Engineering, India. He earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering

(1994), a Master of Engineering (2008), and is pursuing a PhD (Chemical Engineering) from

Birla Institute of Technology, India. He has developed “STOPPER” a composite product

from EPDM/Coconut leaves activated carbon in association with Pallavi rubber ltd. India

for automobile application. He has conducted several lectures in Industry and colleges.

For the past 20 years, Abhijit has taught various Chemical Engineering subjects in AISSMS

College. His interests includes: interactive learning; scaffolding lessons for all skill levels;

and incorporation of technical innovative ideas within his classroom. He is amember of the

organization, “Institution of Engineers”, “Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers”, “Indian

Society of Technical Education”.