Indonesia, as the world’s largest producer of palm oil, generates a considerable amount of palm kernel shell (PKS) waste that remains underutilized. Palm kernel shell ash (PKSA), rich in silica and carbon, has the potential to serve as an economical, environmentally friendly, and easily available reinforcement material for Aluminium Matrix Composites (AMC) derived from industrial waste. This …
The palm oil industry in Indonesia produces large amounts of biomass waste, one of which is palm kernel shells that have the potential to be used as composite reinforcing materials. This study aims to utilize PKSA resulting from combustion at 900°C for 4 hours as an additional reinforcement in aluminum 6063-based aluminum matrix composites (AMCs). The use of PKSA containing SiO₂ is expected …