Sugarcane bagasse - A source of cellulosic fiber for diverse applications

Abstract

Sugarcane bagasse is a fibrous material containing cellulose as its main component. It is produced in large quantities across the world. It is a kind of waste material that comes from the sugar industry. It is most commonly used in paper industries, but researchers have suggested that different mechanical and chemical treatments can help to extract cellulosic fibers, pure cellulose, cellulose nanofibers, and cellulose nanocrystals. These extracted materials have diverse applications in regenerated cellulosic fiber and composite material production. This paper will discuss the extraction procedures and typical applications in composite industries of these extracted materials. And an assessment will also be done on the production process and the properties of the end products to find out some common factors which can control the properties of these extracted material reinforced composites to some extent.