Isolation and characterization of microcrystalline cellulose from oil palm biomass residue.

In this work, we successfully isolated microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) from oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) fiber-total chlorine free (TCF) pulp using acid hydrolysis method. TCF pulp bleaching carried out using an oxygen–ozone–hydrogen peroxide bleaching sequence. Fourier transform infrared (FT...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Kassim, Mohamad Haafiz, Eichhorn, S. J., Hassan, Azman, Jawaid, Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Elsevier 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30784/7/Isolation%20and%20characterization%20of%20microcrystalline%20cellulose%20from%20oil%20palm%20biomass%20residue.pdf