Valorising Wood Ash as an Effective Green Alternative Pulping Agent for Achieving a High Yield of Banana Micro-Lignocellulose Fibres of Enhanced Crystallinity
Abstract:This study aims to explore the use of wood ash, a common waste, as an alternative and eco-friendly pulping agent. The first and most important singularity of the study is that wood ash solution, though mild in nature, has proven to be an effective pulping agent (in comparison with the common pulping solution, sodium hydroxide): comparable lignin (45%) and hemicellulose (50%) removal, high crystallinity (72–77%) and high pulp yield (70%) were obtained. Another particularity of this study is that the reported ad… Show more
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