Image analysis of modified cellulose fibers from sugarcane bagasse by zirconium oxychloride

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• 作者：D.R. Mulinari ; T.G. Cruz ; M.O.H. Cioffi ; H.J.C. Voorwald ; M.L.C.P. Da Silva ; G.J.M. Rocha
• 关键词：Sugarcane bagasse ; ZrO₂· ; nH₂O nanoparticles ; Nanocomposite
• 刊名：Carbohydrate Research
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：3 September 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：345
• 期：13
• 页码：1865-1871
• 全文大小：1079 K

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Surface modification of natural fibers has been made using different methods. In this paper, cellulose fibers from sugarcane bagasse were bleached and modified by zirconium oxychloride in situ. The chemically modified cellulose fibers were compared to those of bleached ones. Cellulose fibers were modified with ZrO₂·nH₂O nanoparticles through the use of zirconium oxychloride in acidic medium in the presence of cellulose fibers using urea as the precipitating agent. The spatial distribution characterization of hydrous zirconium oxide on cellulose fibers was carried out by combining both processing and image analyses obtained by SEM and statistical methodologies. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and thermogravimetric analysis (TG) were also used to characterize the nanocomposite. Results indicated that ZrO₂·nH₂O nanoparticles of about 30–80 nm diameter deposited on cellulose fibers were heterogeneously dispersed.