Substantial size reduction of banana fibres and enhancement of fibre properties achieved through a single mechanical treatment

This study aims to encourage the large scale production of micro-cellulose fibres (MCF), especially in developing economies. Micro-fibres have been extracted from banana pseudo-stem agro-wastes to valorise the latter. The particularity of this study is that a commercial food wet grinder, an equipmen...

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Main Authors:	Piyushaa Devi Emrith, Hareenanden Ramasawmy, Dinesh Surroop, Diganta Das
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2022
Subjects:	Commercial wet grinder Micro-cellulose banana fibres Crystallinity Fibrillation Gap distance
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20746477.v1
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