Characterization of coffee parchment and innovative steam explosion treatment to obtain microfibrillated cellulose as potential composite reinforcement
Most by-product wastes of the coffee industry are underutilized, including a fibrous husk that covers the coffee seeds, known as parchment. The present work aims to characterize the parchment fiber and to study the influence of alkaline treatment followed by a steam explosion process assisted by mec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Materials Research and Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785420313685 |