Compositional and morphological changes of chemical modified oil palm mesocarp fiber by alkaline bleaching and silane coupling agents

BioResources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 5290-5301

  Eng, Chern Chiet ^a   Ibrahim, Nor Azowa ^a   Zainuddin, Norhazlin ^a   Ariffin, Hidayah ^a   Yunus, Wan Md Zin Wan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Chemical modification; Oil palm mesocarp fiber; Silane coupling agent

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLEANING; COUPLING AGENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; PALM OIL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; FT-IR SPECTRUM; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; OIL PALM; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SILANE COUPLING AGENT; SILANIZED;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84923655717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.9.3.5290-5301     Document Type: Article

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