Individualization of microfibrillated celluloses from oil palm empty fruit bunch: comparative studies between acid hydrolysis and ammonium persulfate oxidation

• Main Authors: Goh, Kar Yin, Ching, Yern Chee, Chuah, Cheng Hock, Abdullah, Luqman Chuah, Liou, Nai Shang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16270/1/Individualization%20of%20microfibrillated%20celluloses%20from%20oil%20palm%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20comparative%20studies%20between%20acid%20hydrolysis%20and%20ammonium%20persulfate%20oxidation.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16270/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10570-015-0812-y
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In the present study, the feasibility and the practicability of two different approaches to the individualization of microfibrillated celluloses (MFCs) from oil palm empty fruit bunches were evaluated. Some properties of MFCs prepared by ammonium persulfate (APS) oxidation were investigated and comp...