PICKERING EMULSION TECHNOLOGY IN FABRICATE CELLULOSE FOAM FROM OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH WASTE

PICKERING EMULSION TECHNOLOGY IN FABRICATE CELLULOSE FOAM FROM OILPALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH WASTE. Cellulose from the oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) waste can make a porous material. This study aims to cellulose foam with Pickering emulsion technology used nanofiber as agent. The mechanism of is learned foamability and stability in presence various concentrations surfactant. result showed that using only needed surfactant small concentration improve stability. addition CNF indeed improved effect. test shows stabilized appeared be relatively stable. In contrast free system, foams were collapse three days tested. Structures was characterized an optical microscope composed into two- or dimensional microstructures formed by gas bubble wet random orientations. process generated lightweight OPEFB waste, density 0.07 g/cm3. Using one way overcome this potential for applications.