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Method for producing carboxymethyl cellulose from date palm fronds

The method for producing medium viscosity carboxymethyl cellulose from date palm fronds includes drying date palm fronds, grinding the dried date palm fronds to a powder, mixing the powder with an alkaline solution to a provide a slurry, isolating a cellulose extract from the slurry, drying the cellulose extract, grinding the dried cellulose extract to a powder, adding isopropanol to the powder to provide a mixture, adding an alkaline solution to the mixture to provide an alkaline mixture, and adding a mixture of monochloroacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid to the alkaline mixture to provide carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as an alkaline salt thereof. The CMC can be used for cultivating desert land while saving water.


» Number: US11760812B1 (B1)

» Publication Date: 19/09/2023

» Applicant: KING FAISAL UNIV?[SA]

» Inventor: AL-SAQOUFI AHMED BIN SAUD?[SA]; AL-MADINI ABDUL RAHMAN BIN MOHAMMAD?[SA] (5)

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