1. Production of Micro Crystalline Cellulose from Tapioca Solid Waste: Effect of Acid Concentration on its Physico-chemical Properties
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Nur Muhammad Abdillah Saenuddin, RH Fitri Faradilla, Muhammad Nurdin, Asranuddin Asranudin, Ansharullah Ansharullah, and Asniar Asniar
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Municipal solid waste ,Morphology (linguistics) ,Aqueous solution ,Moisture ,010405 organic chemistry ,Chemistry ,Scanning electron microscope ,food and beverages ,physicochemical properties ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Microcrystalline cellulose ,Hydrolysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Yield (chemistry) ,tapioca solid waste ,0210 nano-technology ,scanning electron micrograph ,QD1-999 ,microcrystalline cellulose ,Nuclear chemistry - Abstract
This study was aimed to examine the production of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) from tapioca solid waste (TSW), using HCl hydrolysis with various concentrations, i.e., 2 N, 2.5 N, 3 N, and 3.5 N. MCC was produced by delignifying the TSW with NaOH 20%, and bleaching with NaOCl 3.5% to produce α-cellulose, and subsequently hydrolyzing α-cellulose with three different HCl concentrations to produce MCC. The physicochemical properties of MCC were then analyzed, including Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and FTIR spectra. The results showed that hydrolysis with 2.0 N HCl resulted in a higher yield of 61.28%, α-cellulose content of 56.33%, moisture 6.25%, pH of 6.54; ash 0.23%, and water solubility 0.34%. SEM analysis showed the morphology and size of the MCC produced were like those of a commercial MCC (Avicel PH101), while the XRD analysis showed the higher concentration of HCl gave rise to an increased crystalline index. FT-IR spectrum analysis indicated that TSW, MCC produced, and commercial MCC had similar functional groups.
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- 2020
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