Production of regenerated cellulose polymeric films from plantain pseudostem

• Authors: Esther Aniedi Sunday
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Regenerated cellulose was prepared from plantain pseudo stem obtained in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The pulp prepared with 12% NaOH had moisture content of 8.8% and a yield of 36.9% on the average. The pulp was bleached and exposed to air to form “white crumbs”. The aged crumbs was mixed with carbon disulphide at a controlled temperature of 30 °C to form cellulose xanthate (C6H9O4–S–SNa)n. This was then converted to regenerated cellulose by way of further treatment with tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid at a yield of 36.4%. This work has revealed that plantain pseudo stem waste can be converted to regenerated cellulose for diverse applications.

Keywords

EN

cellulose; plantain pseudostem; pulp; regenerated cellulose

Discipline

• CHEMISTRY: CHEMISTRY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 7
• Pages: 26-29

Contributors

author

Esther Aniedi Sunday

• Department of Chemistry, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

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• Document Type: article