Cassava leaves as packaging materials
New packaging materials made from cassava leaves (CLs) were successfully prepared having desirable sheet properties. The CLs were treated with various concentrations of NaOH solution (mercerization), prior to the sheet making process. Several characterization methods were applied to elucidate the pe...
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| author | Ahmad Sharif, Noor Fadzliana Abd. Razak, Saiful Izwan Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan |
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| description | New packaging materials made from cassava leaves (CLs) were successfully prepared having desirable sheet properties. The CLs were treated with various concentrations of NaOH solution (mercerization), prior to the sheet making process. Several characterization methods were applied to elucidate the performance of the mercerized CLs. The results show that the tear index of 15% mercerized CLs is comparable to that of available paper or plastic sheets.having low moisture uptake, good wetting time, smooth sheet formation and non-toxicity. It is expected that the use of CLs as packaging material could reduce the dependency on paper and plastic based packaging |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-520632018-08-29T08:26:28Z http://eprints.utm.my/52063/ Cassava leaves as packaging materials Ahmad Sharif, Noor Fadzliana Abd. Razak, Saiful Izwan Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan TP Chemical technology New packaging materials made from cassava leaves (CLs) were successfully prepared having desirable sheet properties. The CLs were treated with various concentrations of NaOH solution (mercerization), prior to the sheet making process. Several characterization methods were applied to elucidate the performance of the mercerized CLs. The results show that the tear index of 15% mercerized CLs is comparable to that of available paper or plastic sheets.having low moisture uptake, good wetting time, smooth sheet formation and non-toxicity. It is expected that the use of CLs as packaging material could reduce the dependency on paper and plastic based packaging Editura Academiei Romane 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/52063/1/SaifulIzwanAbdRazak2014_CassavaLeavesAsPackaging.pdf Ahmad Sharif, Noor Fadzliana and Abd. Razak, Saiful Izwan and Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan (2014) Cassava leaves as packaging materials. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, 48 (6). p. 590. ISSN 0576-9787 http://www.cellulosechemtechnol.ro/pdf/CCT5-6(2014)/p.585-590.pdf |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Ahmad Sharif, Noor Fadzliana Abd. Razak, Saiful Izwan Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan Cassava leaves as packaging materials |
| title | Cassava leaves as packaging materials |
| title_full | Cassava leaves as packaging materials |
| title_fullStr | Cassava leaves as packaging materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cassava leaves as packaging materials |
| title_short | Cassava leaves as packaging materials |
| title_sort | cassava leaves as packaging materials |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/52063/1/SaifulIzwanAbdRazak2014_CassavaLeavesAsPackaging.pdf |
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