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Characterization of Cellulosic Fibers by FTIR Spectroscopy for Their Further Implementation to Building Materials

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Nowadays, the material recycling is a growing trend in development of building materials and therefore using of secondary raw materials for production new building materials is in accordance with sustainable development in civil engineering. Therefore, it is increasingly becoming crucial to accelerate the transition from application of non-renewable sources of raw materials to renewable raw materials. One fast renewable resource is natural plant fibers. The use of the cellulosic fibers as environmentally friendly material in building products contributes to the environmental protection and saves non-renewable resources of raw materials. Wood fibers and recycled cellulose fibers of waste paper appear as suited reinforcing elements for cement-based materials. In this paper, there is used application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) on cellulose fibers coming from different sources. FTIR spectra of cellulose fiber samples are investigated and compared with reference sample of cellulose.

Source: American Journal of Analytical Chemistry

DOI: 10.4236/ajac.2018.96023

Authors: Viola Hospodarova, Eva Singovszka, Nadezda Stevulova

Institution: Technical University of Košice

Language: English

Topic: Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

Subfield: Polymers and Plastics

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV