New potential of biomaterials from kenaf fibre biomass

• Main Authors: Anuar, Hazleen, Mel, Maizirwan, Seeni Mohamed, Nurhafizah, Mohd. Nasir, Nur Aimi, Mustafa Kamalbhrin, Mohd. Adlan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: TS195 Packaging
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/6762/1/Nurhafizah_poster.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/6762/; http://www.usim.edu.my/i-Inova2011/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus, L.) is a short day, annual, herbaceous plant processing high quality cellulose. The whole plant can be used as pulp in paper industry, composite industry, and electronic industry. Initially, kenaf was introduced in Malaysia as a high protein animal feed in 2000. Trend tow...