Nanofibers from oil palm trunk (OPT): Preparation & chemical analysis

Author

Surip, S.N. ; Bonnia, N.N. ; Anuar, H. ; Hassan, N.A. ; Yusof, Noorsuhana Mohd

fYear

2012

fDate

23-26 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

809

Lastpage

812

Abstract

Oil palm trunk (OPT) is one type of agricultural waste material from palm oil industries. The material has big potentials in biocomposite industries. Nanocellulose was extracted from OPT fibers by a chemi-mechanical technique. Chemical characterization of OPT nanofibers confirmed that cellulose content was increased after alkali and acid treatment. FTIR result demonstrated that chemical treatment also led to partial removal of hemicelluloses and lignin from the structure of the fibers. The structure of the cellulose was investigated by scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Keywords

Fourier transform spectra; chemical analysis; industrial waste; infrared spectra; nanofabrication; nanofibres; oils; organic compounds; scanning electron microscopy; FTIR spectra; OPT nanofibers; SEM; acid treatment; agricultural waste material; alkali treatment; biocomposite industries; cellulose content; chemi-mechanical technique; chemical analysis; chemical treatment; hemicelluloses; nanocellulose structure; oil palm trunk; palm oil industries; scanning electron microscopy; Chemicals; Materials; Morphology; Optimized production technology; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface treatment; Vibrations; Nanofibers; Oil palm trunk (OPT); chemi-mechanical;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA), 2012 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Bandung

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1632-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISBEIA.2012.6423003

Filename

6423003