Extraction and Characterization of Bagasse Fibres from Sugar Cane (Saccharum officinarum) for Incorporation into a Mortar

Autor: Souck Joseph Loic, Carlos Mozer, Jeme Njie, Pondi Joseph, Nfor Clins, Ze Eric Parfait, Tchotang Theodore
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Open Journal of Applied Sciences. 10:521-533
ISSN: 2165-3925
2165-3917
DOI: 10.4236/ojapps.2020.108036
Popis: The paper reported a comparative study of the methods of extraction of vegetable fibres encountered in the literature; three main ones was chose, namely: combing, retting with pre-treatment of the bagasse in salt and distilled water, and Chemical extraction at three concentration levels of soda (2N, 1N, 0.1N) with pre-treatment of bagasse with salt water and distilled water. After extracting the fibres using these methods, it appeared that the natural methods (retting and combing) have a higher yield of around 70% compared to the chemical method which has a low yield of around 40%. The fibres obtained by the chemical extraction method (1N-BPD) had the best characteristics.
Databáze: OpenAIRE