Physico-mechanical properties of kenaf pulp cellulose membrane cross-linked with glyoxal

• Main Authors: Anis Syuhada Mohd Saidi, Sarani Zakaria, Chin, Hua Chia, Sharifah Nabihah Syed Jaafar, Farah Nadia Mohammad Padzil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9681/1/14_Anis_Syuhada.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9681/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol45num2_2016/contentsVol45num2_2016.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Cellulose was extracted from kenaf core pulp (KCP) by a series of bleaching processes (D) and alkali treatment (E) in the sequence of (DEED) and pretreated with acid hydrolysis in room temperature for 6 hours. The pretreated and nontreated cellulose were dissolved in lithium hydroxide/urea (LiOH/u...