Title

Cellulose microfibrils from banana rachis: Effect of alkaline treatments on structural and morphological features

General Research content

The general content of this text discusses the creation and processing of microfibrils learned of the spine of banana being treated with different alkaline solutions looking for a fiber more prepared with mere physical and chemical characteristics.

Specific research content

Identify which solution is the most viable to treat and process microfibrils extracted from the spine of banana looking for an intermediate point without losing its characteristics.

Type of research project

Experimentation

Background information
Different alkaline in order to locate and identify acid solutions were evaluated

Importance of research
This article is very important because it manages to identify the methods more viable for the processing of a microfibrilla and avoid applying methods that they do is impair the characteristics of the fiber.

VARIABLES:
Independent: is the microfibril Dependent: the solution that will make the test PROCEDURE Four different alkaline treatments for isolation of cellulose microfibrils from vascular bundles of banana rachis were comparatively studied. Isolated cellulose microfibrils were characterized using high performance anion exchange chromatography for neutral sugar composition, ANALYSIS

Scheme for isolation of cellulose microfibrils from vascular bundles of banana rachis by four different chemical treatments.

spectra of isolated cellulose microfibrils after different treatments: (a) vascular bundles (VB), peroxide alkaline (PA), peroxide alkalinehydrochloric acid (PA HCl), potassium hydroxide 5 wt% (KOH-5) and potassium hydroxide 18 wt% (KOH-18). (b) Absorption bands at 3241 and 3271 cm1 correspond to I and I, respectively (c) Absorption bands at 750 and 711 cm1 correspond to I and I, respectively.