Synthesis and characterization of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) from palm frond

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Khadija Hassan Ahmed Albasheer

Suppervisors: Dr. Essa Esmail Mohammad Ahmed Dr. Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim
Sudan University of Science and Technology

: J Chem Appl Chem Eng

Abstract

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Various raw materials like plant bio mass have been used to produce cellulose , the aim of this study was ,to extract cellulose from palm frond ,then to convert the extracted cellulose to carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) by etherification using sodium monochloro acetic acid and sodium hydroxide, the reaction was optimized against temperature ,concentration and reaction time ,the optimized product has a large degree of substitution 0.77 was determined at temperature 55 C, sodium concentration 30%, amount of (MCAA) 3g per 1g of cellulose and reaction period 4 hours it’s found that ,when the concentration of NaoH was increased beyond 30% , an obvious decrease in DS was observed. (FTIR),(XRD),(TGA) spectrum were used to characterize the synthesized CMC .

Biography

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Khadija Hassan Ahmed Albasheer received her PhD degree in Sudan University of Science and Technology . he received her bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in Sudan University of Science and Technology , He did research Synthesis and characterization of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) from palm frond under Dr. Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim.

E-mail: Khadijaalbasheer@gmail.com