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Feasibility of recycled newspaper as cellulose source for regenerated cellulose membrane fabrication

Mohamed, Mohamad Azuwa Zuwa and Wan Salleh, Wan Norharyati and Jaafar, Juhana and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi and Abd. Mutalib, Muhazri and Jamil, Siti Munira Unira (2015) Feasibility of recycled newspaper as cellulose source for regenerated cellulose membrane fabrication. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132 (43). ISSN 0021-8995

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.42684

Abstract

An environmental friendly regenerated cellulose membrane (RCM) was successfully prepared via NaOH/urea aqueous solution system by utilizing recycled newspaper (RNP) as the cellulose source. The morphological and chemical structure of resulting membrane were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Results from FTIR and XRD verified that the transparent RCM possesses cellulose II structure. SEM observation revealed that the transparent RCM consist of homogeneous dense symmetric membrane structure and composed of a skin layer with mean roughness parameter Ra, obtained from AFM analysis of 29.53 nm. Pure water flux, water content, water contact angle, porosity, and pore size of the resulting membrane were also measured. This study promotes the potential of the cellulose-based membrane obtained from low cost cellulose source for application in filtration and separation system

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:membranes, morphology, recycling
Subjects:T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:Petroleum and Renewable Energy Engineering
ID Code:55275
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:22 Aug 2016 08:18
Last Modified:15 Feb 2017 07:14

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