Research Article

Physico-Mechanical Characterization of Plastic (Polyester) Reinforce With Palm Kernel Shell

Table 2

Dimensions of a few palm kernel shells [4].

LandmarkLength L (mm)Width I (mm)Thickness E (mm)Volume V (mm)

149.2115.36.584954.16
217.88142.41603.27
39.138.578.7680.72
453.9831.765.238966.33
550.121.217.758235.31
644.4537.1946612.38
728.2611.27.12247.23
835.67349.111,036.29
957.1827.807.832446.59
1015.734.986.66521.73

The values of 57.18 mm as length with 27.80 mm as width and 7.83 mm as thickness show that it encountered very large dimensions in raw palm kernel shells.