Oil-absorbing porous cellulosic material from sized wood pulp fines
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Jérôme Colson
Abstract
Fine fibres (fines) occur at various stages of the papermaking process. The high specific surface of fines may be of special interest in applications beyond papermaking. In the present study, foamy water suspensions of fines were freeze-dried, and in this way their porous structure was maintained. The density and porosity of these foams could be governed by varying the water content of the suspensions. The obtained matrices were highly hydrophobic because of the sizing applied during the papermaking process. Consequently, a high oil sorption capacity of the fines was observed. Up to a porosity of 98%, more than 80% of the overall volume of the foam-like material could be soaked with liquid. At higher porosities, the absorbed volume decreased. Mechanical reinforcement of the foams with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as accomplished by dip-coating had no negative impact on the sorption behaviour. However, the performance of reinforced samples suffered from strong shrinkage upon drying, especially for high porosity matrices.
Funding source: Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft
Award Identifier / Grant number: 836650
Funding statement: Funding by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG, project No. 836650, Funder Id: 10.13039/501100004955, FLIPPR (Future Lignin and Pulp Processing Research) is gratefully acknowledged.
Acknowledgements
One of the authors (J.C.) thanks Stefan Veigel for proof-reading and commenting on the manuscript. Philipp Siedlaczek is thanked for the SEM pictures.
Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
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