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Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) fibers were modified with silylation by trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) and diethyldichlorosilane (DEDCS). The investigation was carried out at room temperature at a concentration of 1, 3, 5, and 9%wt and aging time of 3, 5, and 9 hr. Fiber modification was conducted by leaching out surface contaminants resulting in open porous surface. An optimal condition to reach the equilibrium silylation reaction was undertaken at a concentration of 1%wt and aging time of 3 hr. The sorption of oil which was emulsified in water on fresh and silylated OPEFB fibers fit Temkin and Langmuir isotherms, respectively.
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Rattanawong, O., Kaewsichan, L., Grisdanurak, N. et al. Sorption of oil emulsified in water on oil palm fibers. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 24, 67–71 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-007-5011-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-007-5011-6