High-Yield Alpha-Cellulose from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches by Optimizing Thermochemical Delignification Processes for Use as Microcrystalline Cellulose
Table 8
Data on the crystallinity index and crystallite size of cellulose extracted from OPEFB fiber.
Treatments
2θ (I002)
2θ (Iam)
Crystallinity index (%)
Crystallite size (nm)
C3T2
23.21
16.40
85.78
1.95
C3T0.59
23.06
16.57
86.56
1.36
C3T3.41
23.11
17.05
81.36
2.54
C3T2
23.27
16.62
84.39
2.47
C4.5T1
23.58
17.10
79.39
2.80
C1.5T1
23.09
16.16
80.19
2.16
C5.12T2
23.21
16.99
89.15
2.12
C0.88T2
23.27
16.35
74.75
2.49
C4.5T3
22.57
15.38
72.64
3.42
C1.5T3
22.67
15.70
60.88
3.19
C3.22T1
23.09
16.35
70.55
2.35
C: concentration of NaClO2 (%); T = bleaching time (h).
