Eco-friendly extraction and characterization of cellulose from oil palm empty fruit bunches

BioResources

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2161-2172

  Nazir, Muhammad Shahid ^a   Wahjoedi, Bambang Ari ^a   Yussof, Abdul Wahid ^b   Abdullah, Mohd Azmuddin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b FELCRA Nasaruddin Oil Palm Mill ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Cellulose; Characterization; Green technology; Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB)

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; LIGNIN; PALM OIL;

GREEN TECHNOLOGY; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; INORGANIC ELEMENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MONOCLINIC STRUCTURES; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH (OPEFB); STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 84877976250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.8.2.2161-2172     Document Type: Article

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