Morphological, spectroscopic, and thermal properties of alkali-treated and chemically modified oil palm empty fruit bunch fibers and oil palm frond fibers: A comparative study

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 4673-4685

  Bhat, Irshad ul Haq ^a   Abdul Khalil, H P S ^a   Ismail, H ^b   Alshammari, Turki ^c  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

FT IR; OPEFB fibers; OPF fibers; SEM; Succinic anhydride; TGA DTG

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FIBER SURFACE; FT-IR; MASS LOSS; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; OIL PALM FROND; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE; TGA/DTG; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

FRUITS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FIBERS;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84856408814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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