• DOI:10.21640/NS.V10I21.1509
Corpus ID: 115145161

Hemicellulose Removal in Curaua (Ananas erectifolius) Fibers for Polyester Composites

@article{Rodrigues2018HemicelluloseRI,
  title={Hemicellulose Removal in Curaua (Ananas erectifolius) Fibers for Polyester Composites},
  author={Beatriz de Souza Rodrigues and Rafael Moreira Garcia and R. Le{\~a}o and S. Amico and S. Luz},
  journal={Nova Scientia},
  year={2018},
  volume={10},
  pages={154-172}
}

• Beatriz de Souza Rodrigues, Rafael Moreira Garcia, +2 authors S. Luz
• Published 2018
• Chemistry
• Nova Scientia

Introduction: Alkaline treatments extract hemicellulose from the fibers, which can be reused in the manufacture of other materials, and the cellulosic portion can be applied as reinforcement in a composite. This way, all components of the fibers are utilized. Method: In this work, curaua fibers ( Ananas erectifolius ) were treated with potassium hydroxide (KOH) to solubilize part of the hemicellulose and lignin, and the cellulose-rich fibers were used to manufacture composites with unsaturated… Expand

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