Synthesis and characterization of carboxymethyl cellulose derived from empty fruit bunch

• Main Authors: Ab. Rasid, Nurul Suhada, Mohammad Zainol, Muzakkir, Saidina Amin, Nor Aishah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UKM 2021
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95342/1/NurulSuhada2021_SynthesisandCharacterizationofCarboxymethylCellulose.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95342/; http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2021-5009-03

Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB), a cellulose rich lignocellulosic biomass has huge potential to be utilised as a raw material for the synthesis of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). In this study, CMC was synthesised from EFB extracted cellulose at the optimum carboxymethylation reaction conditions. Th...