Extraction and Characterization of Nano-cellulose Fibrils from Indian Sugarcane Bagasse- an Agro Waste
Nitin Kumar Waghmare, Sabah Khan
Abstract
India is among the largest producers of sugarcane in the world. Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) has been used in different applications in the area of sugar and its products, biomedical sciences, biotechnology, textile industry, etc., and its utilization as a source of cellulose is also gaining rapid popularity in construction and health sector. The aim of the study is to analyze the surface morphology, structure, elemental composition of sugarcane bagasse as agro-waste cellulose nano fibrils (CNFs) extracted by alkali treatment, followed by steam explosion and acid treatment. It was observed that the properties are dissimilar for each of the samples tested at each of the four different stages of chemical treatment of sugarcane fibers studied by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), structural spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and elemental analysis (energy dispersive x-ray diffraction (EDX). Based on the characterization some probable applications in fiber reinforced composites have been discussed.