Properties of cellulose hydrogel from kenaf core prepared via pre-cooled dissolving method

• Main Authors: Hatika Kaco,, Sarani Zakaria,, Nur Fazlinda Razali,, Chin, Hua Chia, Lina Zhang, Zhang, Saad Mohamad Jani,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7520/1/14_Hatika_Kaco.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7520/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm

Hydrogels were produced from cellulose derived from kenaf core powder with weight average molecular weight of cellulose was 1.68 × 105 and was dissolved in NaOH/urea solvent at -13oC. To obtain the optimal dissolving parameters, different percentage of NaOH, urea and kenaf core cellulose was used to...