Performance of kapok fiber reinforced polyvinyl alcohol bicomposite by alkali treated

• Main Authors: Muhammad Danial Jamat, Jahimin Asik
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2019
• Subjects: SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30478/1/Performance%20of%20kapok%20fiber%20reinforced%20polyvinyl%20alcohol%20bicomposite%20by%20alkali%20treated.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30478/2/Performance%20of%20kapok%20fiber%20reinforced%20polyvinyl%20alcohol%20bicomposite%20by%20alkali%20treated1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30478/; http://borneoscience.ums.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BSJ-40-2019-9-PERFORMANCE-OF-KAPOK-FIBER-REINFORCED-POLYVINYL-ALCOHOL-BICOMPOSITE-BY-ALKALI-TREATED.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Raw Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) fibre was initially washed and dried before undergoes chemical treatment. Upon dried, the kapok fibre was bleached and delignified at room temperature, in an acidic solution containing 6% of sulphuric acid and 4% hydrogen peroxide to remove hemicellulose and wax. The trea...