POTENTIAL OF FINES AS REINFORCING FIBRES IN ALKALINE PEROXIDE PULP OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH

Pulp from the alkaline peroxide mechanical pulping (APMP) of oil palm empty fruit bunch, EFB, was fractionated with varying mesh-size screens to examine the effects imposed by size-specific fines on the produced pulp network. Occurring mainly as a result of refining, fines elements with dimensions a...

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Main Authors: Nurul H. Kamaludin, Arniza Ghazali, Wan Daud Wanrosli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2012-06-01
Series:BioResources
Subjects:
EFB
Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_07_3_3425_Kamaludin_GW_Fines_Reinforce_Alkaline_Fruit_Bunch/1607