DAFFODIL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1, JANUARY 2009
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EFFECT OF REINFORCEMENT ON STRENGTH BEHAVIOR
OF HANDMADE JUTE PAPER
H. M. Zakir Hossain1, Md.Kamal Uddin1, S. M. B. Rahman2,.Khaled Saifullah3 and M. M. Rashid4
1Pilot Plant and Processing Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3Mechanical Processing Division Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4Textile Physics Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
E-mail: engrzakir_bjri@yahoo.com, sfllhkhaled@yahoo.com
Abstract: To produce high strength handmade
paper, handmade was reinforced by jute fibre
along with/without internal additives (rosin, wax
etc.), external additive such as Microcrystalline
Cellulose(MCC) suspension. Optimum result was
obtained when MCC suspension was applied as
external additive along with reinforcement .The
strength was increased by 34.69 % due to
reinforcement
and application of MCC
suspension as external additive. The application
of rosin along with reinforcement did not play
any a significant role in imparting strength and
application of wax emulsion hampered the
strength of paper.
Keywords:
Handmade,
Jute,
Paper,
Reinforcement, Strength
1 Introduction
The use of Polypropylene
(PP) and
Polyethylene (PE) as packaging materials has
thrown threat
to
the environment and
economy of Bangladesh[1]. Reportedly huge
amount of land in Bangladesh are occupied
daily by non-degradable polybags which
reduces the fertility of land and obstructs the
flow of rain water resulting flood in
Bangladesh. In this situation, development of
a degradable natural packaging material is
very important and paper made of cheap jute
fibre having high strength and high
hydrophobic character can be a solution.
Besides this , due to inroads of synthetics, the
use of jute as packaging purpose has been
decreased[2]. On the other hand , demand of
nonwoo