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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 63-66Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.08.009
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Sugarcane bagasse; Sugarcane bagasse whiskers; Acid hydrolysis
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- FAPESP [07/50863-4]
- FINEP
- MCT
- CNPq
- EMBRAPA
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This work evaluates the use of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) as a source of cellulose to obtain whiskers. These fibers were extracted after SCB underwent alkaline peroxide pre-treatment followed by acid hydrolysis at 45 degrees C. The influence of extraction time (30 and 75 min) on the properties of the nanofibers was investigated. Sugarcane bagasse whiskers (SCBW) were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in air atmosphere. The results showed that SCB could be used as source to obtain cellulose whiskers and they had needle-like structures with an average length (L)of 255 +/- 55 nm and diameter (D) of 4 +/- 2 nm, giving an aspect ratio (L/D) around 64. More drastic hydrolysis conditions (75 min) resulted in less thermally stable whiskers and caused some damage on the crystal structure of the cellulose as observed by XRD analysis. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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