Extraction and Characterization of Cellulose from Jackfruit Rind (Artocarpus Heterophyllus) / Wahida Abdul Rahman, Noor Aishatun Majid and Siti Fatimah Abd Razak

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Wahida, Majid, Noor Aishatun, Abd Rahman, Siti Fatimah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Applied Sciences 2019
• Subjects: Extraction (Chemistry)
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47048/1/47048.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47048/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

In this study, jackfruit cellulose was extracted by undergoing two steps; bleaching and alkaline treatment. The first step was the production of holocellulose by using bleaching method that removed the lignin from the jackfruit rind (JR). Next step was converting the holocellulose into cellulose by...