Musa Bondaris Palungan, Rudy Soenoko, Yudy Surya Irawan, Anindito Purnowidodo
The objective of this study is to determine the crystallization structure of cellulose fibers pineapple leaf king (Agave Cantala Roxb) as a result of fumigation treatment with variations fumigation time. The king pineapple leaf fiber (KPLF) chemical compounds EDAX analysis without and with fumigation treatment is done by using the Energy Dipersive Spectroscopy (EDS) worked as an integrated feature with the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Tescan Vega3SB. The crystallization structure analysis done with MiniFlexII Rigaku X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and the chemical elements quantitative analysis (% Wt) was tested with the RIR (Reference Intensity Ratio) method. The XRD diffraction with the X-Ray analysis showed that the KPLF cellulose crystallization structure be altered by the fumigation treatment. It was found that the KPLF degree of crystallinity and KPLF cristallinity index without fumigation are 70.73% and 58.62% respectively, while the KPLF degree of crystallinity and KPLF cristallinity index with 15 hours fumigation the are 72.32% and 61.72% respectively. © 2006-2017 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN).
Paulus Christian University of Indonesia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Makassar, Indonesia; Brawijaya University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Malang, Indonesia
