The Effect of Chitosan into Mechanical and Optical Properties of Paper

Muryeti, Faraqh Eka Pratiwi, Risqi Tri Yuniastuti

2019

Abstract

Chitosan is one of a biomaterial non-toxic, biodegradable, and biocompatibility material. Chitosan has been studied as an additive in papermaking to enhance the properties of paper such as mechanical and optical properties. The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of chitosan on the properties of recycled paper. In process of papermaking, four different concentrations of chitosan (0.5%; 1%; 1.5%, and 2%) were added in 1% acetic acid. The efficiencies of chitosan in papermaking was examined by measuring and analyzing the properties of paper, in particular mechanical and optical properties. The results showed that with the increasing dosage of chitosan, the mechanical properties of paper, such as tensile strength increased while the water absorption of paper decreased. It also found that the brightness of paper was not affected by the addition of chitosan. The tensile index value of HVS paper was more significant than the newspaper. The optimum/peak concentration of chitosan in papermaking was obtained at concentration of 1.5%. Furthermore the water absorptiveness of HVS paper was lower than the newspaper. The application of chitosan concentrations from 0.5% to 2%, cannot trigger the increasing of brightness of paper, which remained constant with further increase of chitosan concentration. This research shows that chitosan is useful as an additive in the recycled papermaking to improve the mechanical properties of paper.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Muryeti., Pratiwi F. and Yuniastuti R. (2019). The Effect of Chitosan into Mechanical and Optical Properties of Paper. In Proceedings of the 8th Annual Southeast Asian International Seminar - Volume 1: ASAIS, ISBN 978-989-758-468-8, pages 78-82. DOI: 10.5220/0009884200002905

in Bibtex Style

@conference{asais19,
author={Muryeti and Faraqh Eka Pratiwi and Risqi Tri Yuniastuti},
title={The Effect of Chitosan into Mechanical and Optical Properties of Paper},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th Annual Southeast Asian International Seminar - Volume 1: ASAIS,},
year={2019},
pages={78-82},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009884200002905},
isbn={978-989-758-468-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 8th Annual Southeast Asian International Seminar - Volume 1: ASAIS,
TI - The Effect of Chitosan into Mechanical and Optical Properties of Paper
SN - 978-989-758-468-8
AU - Muryeti.
AU - Pratiwi F.
AU - Yuniastuti R.
PY - 2019
SP - 78
EP - 82
DO - 10.5220/0009884200002905