Journal
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 295, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119856
Keywords
Fiber hornification; Free and bound water; Hard -to -remove water; Refining; Drying
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Funding
- Kemira Chemicals [2018-3296]
- State of North Carolina
- National Science Foundation [ECCS-1542015]
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Cellulosic fiber collapse is a significant phenomenon in various technologies, affecting essential material properties such as tensile strength, softness, and water absorption. This study directly correlates fiber collapse with entrapped or hard-to-remove water content, using DSC, TGA, and SEM. The findings suggest that fiber collapse is an irreversible process caused by the departure of entrapped water from the fiber surface.
Cellulosic fiber collapse is a phenomenon of fundamental importance for many technologies that include tissue/ hygiene to packaging because it governs their essential materials properties such as tensile strength, softness, and water absorption; therefore, we elaborate cellulose fiber collapse from water interactions. This is the first attempt to directly correlate fiber collapse and entrapped or hard-to-remove (HR) water content through DSC, TGA and SEM. Freeze-drying and oven drying were individually investigated for influence on collapse. SEM of the fibers at different moisture contents show that irreversible collapsing begins as entrapped water departs the fiber surface. The removal of HR water pulls cell walls closer due to strong capillary action which overwhelms the elastic force of the fiber lumen which results in partially or fully irreversible collapse. The initial moisture content and refining intensity were found to regulate HR water content and consequently played a vital role in fiber collapsing.
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