Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from water

Cellulose is an interesting biopolymer due to its employment in many motivating applications such as composites, pharmacy, textiles, decolorization, etc. The current work describes the extraction of fibrillated cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima leaves using alkalization and bleaching processes....

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Main Authors: Afnan Altwala, Mahjoub Jabli
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Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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description Cellulose is an interesting biopolymer due to its employment in many motivating applications such as composites, pharmacy, textiles, decolorization, etc. The current work describes the extraction of fibrillated cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima leaves using alkalization and bleaching processes. The techniques of SEM, XRD, FT-IR, and TGA-DTA were used to analyze the untreated substrates and the extracted fibrillated cellulose. FT-IR data indicated that, after alkalization and bleaching processes, lignin and hemicellulose initially present in untreated leaves, were removed. The crystallinity index [CrI (%)] values calculated for extracted fibrillated cellulose and Forsskaolea tenacissima leaves were equal to 42.85 % and 23.2 %, respectively. The high CrI value calculated for the extracted fibers demonstrated the removal of the amorphous components in untreated leaves. TGA analysis showed that alkalization and bleaching processes affected the thermal events. At equilibrium, the adsorption capacities of bleached fibers were 220 mg/g and 185 mg/g for methylene blue (MB) and crystal violet (CV), respectively. The adsorption process was exothermic and non-spontaneous. Overall, the adsorption results confirmed that the extracted fibers could be used as effective adsorbents of cationic dyes from water.
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spelling doaj-art-5e7b5ca2747d4145a9cf141feaefcfda2025-01-29T05:00:55ZengElsevierResults in Chemistry2211-71562025-01-0113102010Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from waterAfnan Altwala0Mahjoub Jabli1Corresponding authors.; Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi ArabiaCorresponding authors.; Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi ArabiaCellulose is an interesting biopolymer due to its employment in many motivating applications such as composites, pharmacy, textiles, decolorization, etc. The current work describes the extraction of fibrillated cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima leaves using alkalization and bleaching processes. The techniques of SEM, XRD, FT-IR, and TGA-DTA were used to analyze the untreated substrates and the extracted fibrillated cellulose. FT-IR data indicated that, after alkalization and bleaching processes, lignin and hemicellulose initially present in untreated leaves, were removed. The crystallinity index [CrI (%)] values calculated for extracted fibrillated cellulose and Forsskaolea tenacissima leaves were equal to 42.85 % and 23.2 %, respectively. The high CrI value calculated for the extracted fibers demonstrated the removal of the amorphous components in untreated leaves. TGA analysis showed that alkalization and bleaching processes affected the thermal events. At equilibrium, the adsorption capacities of bleached fibers were 220 mg/g and 185 mg/g for methylene blue (MB) and crystal violet (CV), respectively. The adsorption process was exothermic and non-spontaneous. Overall, the adsorption results confirmed that the extracted fibers could be used as effective adsorbents of cationic dyes from water.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211715624007069Forsskaolea tenacissimaFibrillated celluloseBleachingMethylene blueCrystal violet
spellingShingle Afnan Altwala
Mahjoub Jabli
Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from water
Results in Chemistry
Forsskaolea tenacissima
Fibrillated cellulose
Bleaching
Methylene blue
Crystal violet
title Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from water
title_full Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from water
title_fullStr Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from water
title_full_unstemmed Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from water
title_short Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from water
title_sort extraction of cellulose from forsskaolea tenacissima l through alkalization and bleaching processes characterization and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes from water
topic Forsskaolea tenacissima
Fibrillated cellulose
Bleaching
Methylene blue
Crystal violet
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211715624007069
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