Valorization of Agricultural Residues for Cellulose Nanofibrils Production and Their Use in Nanocomposite Manufacturing

Table 1

The main properties of the pulps of Prunus amygdalus and others plants.

	Cooking yield; (%)	Screening yield; (%)	Fibre length; (mm)	Fibre width; (μm)	Fine elements; (% in length)
Prunus amygdalus (this work)	45.2	95	0.48	21	24.3
Date palm rachis [26]	44.8	94	0.89	22.3	30.8
P. oceanica balls [26]	63.6	96	0.55	21.3	7.5
Tamarisk sp. [31]	41.7	94	0.37	20	34.3
Astragalus armatus [34]	32		0.811	20.6	17.1
Pituranthos chloranthus [34]	37		0.58	22.9	28.5
Amaranthus caudatus L. [35]	47	96	0.6
Orache [35]	44.8	96	0.62
Jerusalem artichoke[35]	35.2	96	0.9
Stipagrostis pungens [36]	43		0.606	22.3	24.3
Cannabis sativa [37]	55	98	1.8	29.5
Pinus radiata [38]	55		1.9	31.6	7.4
Eucalyptus [38]	50		0.77	20.9	12.2

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