Non-wood for paper making: A review
List of Authors
  • Nur Sakinah Mahazir , Siti Amira Othman

Keyword
  • paper making, non-wood, fibre

Abstract
  • Wood have been uses as main source in making paper and lead to the negative effect of environment. Due to the negative effect, this paper introduces about making paper by non-wood plant. In this paper, banana fibre and pineapple fibre were used to replace wood fibre for paper making. Banana and pineapple fibre also mixed with waste paper and sugarcane bagasse in different ratios and give different analysis. The samples were analysis in their absorbency, tensile strength, bursting strength, abrasion and crease recovery. Banana fibre was used with sugarcane bagasse and wastepaper to produce paper in ratios 20:80, 40:60, 60:40 and 80:40. For pineapples was mixed with sugarcane bagasse and wastepaper in 20:80, 40:60, 60:40, 80:20 and 100:0 ratios. The analysis showed that paper mixed by 100% bagasse and banana fibre have nearly similar in absorbency which are 2.17s and 2.155s respectively. Paper from 100% banana and pineapple have least recovery angle which were 32.5˚ and 32.3˚ respectively. Paper that have lowest recovery angle have potentially uses as wrapping paper.

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