Research Article

High-Yield Alpha-Cellulose from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches by Optimizing Thermochemical Delignification Processes for Use as Microcrystalline Cellulose

Table 5

Lack of fit value.

SourceF-value valueSign

1. Water extractive material
X 1-bleaching time2.270.1629
X 2-concentration of NaClO20.52110.4869
Lack of fit0.08460.9948Not significant

2. Hemicellulose
X 1-bleaching time2.850.1258
X 2-concentration of NaClO20.90520.3662
X 1 X 22.010.1895
Lack of fit4.060.0998Not significant

3. Cellulose
X 1-bleaching time5.300.0548
X 2-concentration of NaClO210.630.0139
X 1 X 21.980.2025
X120.24530.6355
X229.280.0187
Lack of fit1.370.3721Not significant

4. Lignin
X 1-bleaching time0.33040.5834
X 2-concentration of NaClO2137.60<0.0001
X 1 X 20.68630.4348
X121.570.2499
X2246.330.0003
Lack of fit2.460.2024Not significant