TITLE:
Extraction and Characterization of Bagasse Fibres from Sugar Cane (Saccharum officinarum) for Incorporation into a Mortar
AUTHORS:
Tchotang Theodore, Carlos Mozer, Pondi Joseph, Jeme Njie, Nfor Clins, Ze Eric Parfait, Souck Joseph Loic
KEYWORDS:
Bagasse, Characterization, Elaboration, Extraction, Fibre
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.10 No.8,
August
11,
2020
ABSTRACT: The paper reported a comparative study of the
methods of extraction of vegetable fibres encountered
in the literature; three main ones was chose, namely: combing, retting with
pre-treatment of the bagasse in salt and distilled water, and Chemical extraction at three concentration
levels of soda (2N, 1N, 0.1N) with
pre-treatment of bagasse with salt water and distilled water. After extracting
the fibres using these methods, it appeared that the natural methods (retting
and combing) have a higher yield of around 70% compared to the chemical
method which has a low yield of around 40%. The fibres obtained by the chemical
extraction method (1N-BPD) had the best characteristics.