Edja Florentin Assanvo1,*, Kanga Marius N’GATTA1, Kicoun Jean-Yves N’zi Touré1,2,3, Amenan Sylvie Konan4, David Boa4
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.41, No.2, pp. 55-68, 2024, DOI:10.32604/jpm.2024.055397
Abstract The present study focused on extraction of Lonchocarpus cyanescens (L. cyanescens) fiber (LCF) and the physico-chemical properties of the obtained fiber. The fiber was extracted by manual and traditional rating methods, treated with sodium hydroxide, and characterized to determine its performance properties. The chemical composition of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin was determined according to the acid detergent, neutral detergent, and Klason methods, respectively. The results show significant quantities of cellulose (33%), hemicellulose (30%), and lignin (24%) in the studied fibers. LCF exhibited a porous multicellular and poly lamellate network structure (FE-SEM) with a crystallinity index of 56.5%. More >
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