Properties of cellulose nanocrystals from oil palm trunk isolated by total chlorine free method

• Main Authors: Junidah, Lamaming, Rokiah, Hashim, Leh, Cheu Peng, Othman, Sulaiman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science, Ltd. 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45288/1/Lamaming%20et%20al%202017a.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45288/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144861716311079; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.09.053
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Cellulose nanocrystals were isolated from oil palm trunk by total chlorine free method. The samples were either water pre-hydrolyzed or non-water pre-hydrolyzed, subjected to soda pulping, acidified and ozone bleached. Cellulose and cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) physical, chemical, thermal propertie...