Abstract
Fiber bundles from the rind of sugar cane are extracted and characterized. Cane rind is separated from the pith using the Tilby process, and the separated rind is submitted to a high temperature water pretreatment followed by extraction with sodium hydroxide. Water pretreatment affects the amount of lignin removed from cane fiber bundles as well as the physical and mechanical properties of the fibers. Higher temperature pretreatment and longer treatment times produced finer, shorter fiber bundles with higher tenacity. The most severe treatments, however, reduced the bundles to ultimate fibers that are too short for textile uses. Extracted fibers were stiffer than other textile fibers but could be formed into nonwoven geotextile mats.
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