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SEM study of the morphology of asymmetric cellulose acetate membranes produced from recycled agro-industrial residues: sugarcane bagasse and mango seeds

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Cellulose, obtained both from sugarcane bagasse and mango seeds, was used for synthesizing cellulose acetate in order to produce asymmetric membranes. These were compared to membranes of commercial cellulose acetate (Rhodia). All produced membranes were asymmetric, characterized by the presence of a dense skin and a porous support. Differences regarding the morphology of the surfaces as well as of the porous support can be noticed. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) showed that the morphology of the superficial layer, responsible for transport, depends on the different lignin content of the starting material and also on the viscosity average molecular weight of the cellulose acetates produced from sugarcane bagasse, mango seed, and Rhodia’s commercial cellulose acetate.

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The authors acknowledge to CNPq for project Casadinho UFU/UFG/UFMS (620181/2006-0), to CAPES for the access to “Portal Periódicos”, to Finep/Sebrae for project 0535/07 ref 3119/06. Meireles thanks CAPES for her PhD scholarship, Ribeiro thanks FAPEMIG for the scholarships related to projects PIBIC A-025/2008 e EX—APQ-00466-08.

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  1. Instituto de Química da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (IQ-UFU), Av. João Naves de Ávila, 2121, Cx. P. 593, Uberlândia, MG, CEP 38400-902, Brazil

    Moacir Fernandes Ferreira Júnior, Elaine Angélica Ribeiro Mundim, Guimes Rodrigues Filho & Carla da Silva Meireles

  2. Instituto de Ciências Ambientais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Universidade Federal da Bahia (ICADS-UFBA), Barreiras, BA, Brazil

    Daniel Alves Cerqueira

  3. Faculdade de Ciências Integradas do Pontal da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (FACIP-UFU), Campus do Pontal, Ituiutaba, MG, Brazil

    Rosana Maria Nascimento de Assunção

  4. Departamento de Física e Química, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil

    Marcos Marcolin & Mara Zeni

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Ferreira Júnior, M.F., Mundim, E.A.R., Filho, G.R. et al. SEM study of the morphology of asymmetric cellulose acetate membranes produced from recycled agro-industrial residues: sugarcane bagasse and mango seeds. Polym. Bull. 66, 377–389 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-010-0346-2

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