Analysis of lignin content in alkaline treated hemp fibres: thermogravimetric studies and determination of kinetics of different decomposition steps

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Abstract
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a plant of which, its ease of cultivation, structure and properties, provide it great potential for industrial applications; nevertheless, the unfavorable content of lignin complicates its processing, especially in the textile area. Thus, an appropriate knowledge of the delignification process would lead to treating hemp fibers as cotton fibers. In this work, hemp has been treated with an alkaline liquor [NaOH 1¿M] at 110¿°C during different times and afterwards, the substrates were chemically characterized in order to determine their lignin content and also analyzed by thermogravimetry (TGA). Through the correlation analysis, the relationship between lignin content, onset temperature of cellulose decomposition and loss of mass at the different decomposition steps were established. A hyperbolic kinetic model to explain the influence of alkaline treatment time on lignin content and also on the loss of mass at the four steps of decomposition of the samples by TGA up to 600¿°C has been developed. Although it has been found that the degradation of lignin occurred across the entire temperature range, results have shown that the influence of treatment time has become clearly relevant on lignin content, Step2 (180.5¿°C-273.5¿°C) where a fraction of 10 to 16% of lignin was degraded, and Step3 273.5¿°C-396.5¿°C) where cellulose was mainly decomposed and 20% of lignin was also degraded
CitationMijas, G. [et al.]. Analysis of lignin content in alkaline treated hemp fibres: thermogravimetric studies and determination of kinetics of different decomposition steps. "Journal of wood chemistry and technology", 2 Setembre 2021, vol. 41, núm. 5, p. 210-219.
ISSN0277-3813
Publisher versionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02773813.2021.1970185
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