A chemical process for preparing cellulosic fibers hierarchically from kenaf bast fibers

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 879-890

  Shi, Jinshu ^a   Shi, Sheldon Q ^a   Barnes, H Michael ^a   Pittman, Charles U ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleached fiber; Cellulose nanowhisker; Composites; Kenaf bast fiber; Microfiber; Retted fiber

Indexed keywords

BLEACHED FIBER; CELLULOSE NANOWHISKER; KENAF BAST FIBERS; MICRO-FIBER; RETTED FIBER;

ALKALINITY; ASPECT RATIO; BLEACHING; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CLEANING; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEMP; NANOWHISKERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

KENAF FIBERS;

ALKALINITY; BAST FIBERS; BLEACHING; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CLEANING; COMPOSITES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KENAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHISKERING;

HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

EID: 80054079924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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