Abstract
This study aimed to analyze the dimensions of fiber and its derivatives in order to utilize as an alternative material of pulp and paper making. Dimensions of fiber include fiber length, fiber diameter, lumen diameter, and cell wall thickness; the values of derivatives studied were runkell ratio, felting power, muhlstep ratio, flexibility ratio, and coefficient of rigidity. Sugar palm frond came from Pingaran Village, Astambul District, Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan. The results show the length of fiber is included in fiber quality class III, Runkell ratio Value, Muhlstep ratio value, and the flexibility ratio value of fiber quality class I, felting power value of fiber quality class IV, Coefficient of Rigidity value of fiber quality class II. Overall fibers produced are included in fiber quality class II with a score of 450. Based on the value of fiber dimension and fiber dimension derivative, the fiber of sugar palm can be used as an alternative raw material for pulp and paper making.
Highlights
Type of wood that is usually used on the construction of industrial plantation forest of paper pulp is a fast-growing species such as Acacia mangium, Eucalyptus sp, Gmelina arborea, Pinus
One of the natural forests which is not maximized in its utilization is Sugar palm plant species, especially the fiber in its frond, in the framework of development and construction for the utilization of Sugar palm plants it requires nature knowledge associated with pulp and paper
Fiber diameter of tree 1 is averagely 149.27 microns and lumen diameter is 126.70 microns while in tree 2, fiber diameter is averagely 193.49 microns, lumen diameter is 168.75 microns, Fiber wall thickness of tree 1 is averagely 22.56 microns, tree 2 is averagely 24.74 microns; both trees included in Fatriani and Banjarbaru: Fiber Dimension and Derivatives Value of Sugar Palm Frond in Various Positions criteria for quality class III with a thick cell wall but the pulp and paper quality is not good
Summary
Industrial Plantation Forest Development and Community Plantation Forest are encouraged in order to reduce wet tropical forest destruction and compensate the supply of raw material both for building materials as well as for the pulp and paper industry.Type of wood that is usually used on the construction of industrial plantation forest of paper pulp is a fast-growing species such as Acacia mangium, Eucalyptus sp, Gmelina arborea, Pinus. forest plantation development has been done, but it needs to develop and increase the productivity of both natural forests and plantations themselves, because there are many potential forest plantations and natural forests which are not maximized in its utilization.One of the natural forests which is not maximized in its utilization is Sugar palm plant species, especially the fiber in its frond, in the framework of development and construction for the utilization of Sugar palm plants it requires nature knowledge associated with pulp and paper.Related to the above description, this study aimed to gain information of fundamental characteristics of Sugar palm plants as a material production of fiber for pulp and paper. Type of wood that is usually used on the construction of industrial plantation forest of paper pulp is a fast-growing species such as Acacia mangium, Eucalyptus sp, Gmelina arborea, Pinus. One of the natural forests which is not maximized in its utilization is Sugar palm plant species, especially the fiber in its frond, in the framework of development and construction for the utilization of Sugar palm plants it requires nature knowledge associated with pulp and paper. Related to the above description, this study aimed to gain information of fundamental characteristics of Sugar palm plants as a material production of fiber for pulp and paper. The basic characteristics studied are the dimensions of the fiber and its derivatives, in order to obtain quality of sugar palm fiber due to the plant development as raw material for pulp and paper
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