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Aug 2026
Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterization of Carboxymethylcellulose from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches for Lead (II) Ion Sequestration
Cellulose is the most abundantly available renewable polymer on earth, with an estimated annual production of one hundred billion to one trillion tonnes. Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (OPEFB) were treated with alkali, acid hydrolysed and bleached in order to extract native cellulose (NC). By employing chloroacetic acid...
O. A. Damazio, K. Sodeinde, A. Koschella et al.
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