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Environmental friendly method for the extraction of coir fibre and isolation of nanofibre

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dc.contributor.author Abraham, E
dc.contributor.author Deepa, B
dc.contributor.author Pothen, LA
dc.contributor.author Cintil, J
dc.contributor.author Thomas, S
dc.contributor.author John, Maya J
dc.contributor.author Anandjiwala, R
dc.contributor.author Narine, SS
dc.date.accessioned 2013-02-04T07:57:40Z
dc.date.available 2013-02-04T07:57:40Z
dc.date.issued 2013-02
dc.identifier.citation Abraham, E., Deepa, B., Pothen, L.A., Cintil, J., Thomas, S., John, M.J., Anandjiwala, R., and Narine, S.S. 2013. Environmental friendly method for the extraction of coir fibre and isolation of nanofibre. Carbohydrate Polymers, Vol. 9(2), pp 1477-1483 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0144-8617
dc.identifier.uri http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144861712010843
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6518
dc.description Copyright: 2012 Elsevier. This is an ABSTRACT ONLY. The definitive version is published in Carbohydrate Polymers, Vol. 9(2), pp 1477-1483 en_US
dc.description.abstract The objective of this work was to develop an environmental friendly method for the effective utilization of coir fibre by adopting steam pre-treatment. The retting of the coconut bunch makes strong environmental problems which can be avoided by this method. Chemical characterization of the fibre during each processing stages confirmed the increase of cellulose content from raw (40%) to final steam treated fibres (93%). Morphological and dynamic light scattering analyses of the fibres at different processing stages revealed that the isolation of cellulose nano fibres occur in the final step of the process as an aqueous suspension. FT-IR and XRD analysis demonstrated that the treatments lead to the gradual removal of lignin and hemicelluloses from the fibres. The existence of strong lignin–cellulose complex in the raw coir fibre is proved by its enhanced thermal stability. Steam explosion has been proved to be a green method to expand the application areas of coir fibre. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Workflow;9970
dc.subject Coir fibre en_US
dc.subject Steam explosion en_US
dc.subject Cellulose nanofibre en_US
dc.subject Polymers en_US
dc.title Environmental friendly method for the extraction of coir fibre and isolation of nanofibre en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Abraham, E., Deepa, B., Pothen, L., Cintil, J., Thomas, S., John, M. J., ... Narine, S. (2013). Environmental friendly method for the extraction of coir fibre and isolation of nanofibre. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6518 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Abraham, E, B Deepa, LA Pothen, J Cintil, S Thomas, Maya J John, R Anandjiwala, and SS Narine "Environmental friendly method for the extraction of coir fibre and isolation of nanofibre." (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6518 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Abraham E, Deepa B, Pothen L, Cintil J, Thomas S, John MJ, et al. Environmental friendly method for the extraction of coir fibre and isolation of nanofibre. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6518. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Abraham, E AU - Deepa, B AU - Pothen, LA AU - Cintil, J AU - Thomas, S AU - John, Maya J AU - Anandjiwala, R AU - Narine, SS AB - The objective of this work was to develop an environmental friendly method for the effective utilization of coir fibre by adopting steam pre-treatment. The retting of the coconut bunch makes strong environmental problems which can be avoided by this method. Chemical characterization of the fibre during each processing stages confirmed the increase of cellulose content from raw (40%) to final steam treated fibres (93%). Morphological and dynamic light scattering analyses of the fibres at different processing stages revealed that the isolation of cellulose nano fibres occur in the final step of the process as an aqueous suspension. FT-IR and XRD analysis demonstrated that the treatments lead to the gradual removal of lignin and hemicelluloses from the fibres. The existence of strong lignin–cellulose complex in the raw coir fibre is proved by its enhanced thermal stability. Steam explosion has been proved to be a green method to expand the application areas of coir fibre. DA - 2013-02 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Coir fibre KW - Steam explosion KW - Cellulose nanofibre KW - Polymers LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 SM - 0144-8617 T1 - Environmental friendly method for the extraction of coir fibre and isolation of nanofibre TI - Environmental friendly method for the extraction of coir fibre and isolation of nanofibre UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6518 ER - en_ZA


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