Morphology Research of Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) Material

Autor: C.-J. Chen, Y. Zhang, J.-J. Jia, M.-X. Wang, G.-H. Wang
Jazyk: English<br />Croatian
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Kemija u Industriji, Vol 64, Iss 9-10, Pp 467-472 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0022-9830
1334-9090
DOI: 10.15255/KUI.2015.016
Popis: Windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) fibre was obtained from different parts of windmill-palm trunk sheath and then treated by sodium hydroxide solution and hydrogen peroxide to obtain the treated palm fibril. The appearance of raw windmill palm fibre and treated palm fibril, morphological characteristics, and statistical analysis of fibril length, diameter, and degree of hollowness were studied. The results indicate that the cylindrical windmill palm fibre has a sharp end. Silica-bodies attach themselves uniformly over the fibre, forming a rough surface. Spindly treated palm fibril without convolution has an ellipse cross-section and a larger lumen. Where we obtain the palm fibre has little effect on the characteristics of the fibril. The average length of treated palm fibril is 643.60 μm and the average long diameter is 10.35 μm. The degree of hollowness by elliptic model and paper-cut method correspond well and the difference between them is only 0.36 %. Windmill palm fibril is a natural hollow fibre with a degree of hollowness of about 47.21 %.
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