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Chemical and Morphological Analysis of Enset ( Ensete Ventricosum ) Fiber , Leaf , and Pseudo stem
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Lemma, Hanna B. Kiflie, Zebene Feleke, Sisay Yimam, Abubeker |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | This work investigates the suitability of enset plant (Ensete Ventricosum) residues (fiber, leaf and inner part of pseudo stem) for use in paper pulp preparation through morphological, chemical, and FTIR analysis. The morphological analysis showed that the enset fiber have long fiber length (1.66 mm), tinny cell wall thickness (2.88 μm), large lumen diameter (25.87 μm) and thick fiber width (28.48 μm) compared to hard woods, agricultural residues, and bagasse. The runkel ratio of enset was found to be 0.223, indicating thin fiber walls, which are desirable for high quality paper production. The chemical analysis revealed that among the enset residues the fiber showed the highest cellulose (69.51%) and the smallest lignin (5.7%) contents while the leaf showed the smallest cellulose (37.96%) and the highest lignin (18.93%) contents. The leaf also showed highest extractive content (19.09%) compared to other enset residues. The difference in functional groups among enset residues was investigated using FTIR analysis. The high extractive and lignin content in enset leaf was associated with more intense band at 2920, 2850, 1734, and 1637 cm-1. The results show that enset residue can be promising raw material for pulp and paper industry. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://lignocellulose.sbu.ac.ir/Issue%205-2-2016/Ligno165_Lemma_2016_Ensete%20Ventricosum%20Fiber,%20Leaf,%20and%20stem_139-151.%20.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |