Morphology Of Mechanically Refined And Chemically-Treated Oil Palm Fruit Bunch Fibres

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The study of surface characterisation of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibre before and after physical and chemical treatments was carried out by using light microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) techniques. One of the objectives of the study was to evaluate fibre microphological characteristics of different parts of oil palm empty fruit bunch. This study was also conducted to examine the effects of chemical pre-treatment and mechanical refining on the morphological characteristics of EFB fibres and to evaluate the surface characteristics of chemically modified EFB fibre after being treated with succinic anhydride. For comparison, samples from fresh fruit bunches were also examined. The mechanical refining process employs pre-treatment with water and sodium hydroxide (1%). Chemical modification on EFB fibres with succinic anhydride was carried out for 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 hour each at 80oC, 100oC and 120oC. The objective of this s

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