Synthesis and Characterization of Cellulose Triacetate Obtained from Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Trunk Mesh-Derived Cellulose |
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| Authors: | Hamid M. Shaikh Arfat Anis Anesh Manjaly Poulose Saeed M. Al-Zahrani Niyaz Ahamad Madhar Abdullah Alhamidi Saleh Husam Aldeligan Faisal S. Alsubaie |
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| Affiliation: | 1.SABIC Polymer Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.); (A.M.P.); (S.M.A.-Z.); (A.A.); (S.H.A.); (F.S.A.);2.Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; |
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| Abstract: | Cellulosic polysaccharides have increasingly been recognized as a viable substitute for the depleting petro-based feedstock due to numerous modification options for obtaining a plethora of bio-based materials. In this study, cellulose triacetate was synthesized from pure cellulose obtained from the waste lignocellulosic part of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). To achieve a degree of substitution (DS) of the hydroxyl group of 2.9, a heterogeneous acetylation reaction was carried out with acetic anhydride as an acetyl donor. The obtained cellulose ester was compared with a commercially available derivative and characterized using various analytical methods. This cellulose triacetate contains approximately 43.9% acetyl and has a molecular weight of 205,102 g·mol−1. The maximum thermal decomposition temperature of acetate was found to be 380 °C, similar to that of a reference sample. Thus, the synthesized ester derivate can be suitable for fabricating biodegradable and “all cellulose” biocomposite systems. |
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| Keywords: | cellulose cellulose triacetate date palm mesh acetylation degree of substitution thermal stability |
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