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ArticlePolymers2024

Characterization and Implementation of Cocoa Pod Husk as a Reinforcing Agent to Obtain Thermoplastic Starches and Bio-Based Composite Materials.

Andrés Mauricio Holguín Posso, Juan Carlos Macías Silva, Juan Pablo Castañeda Niño, Jose Herminsul Mina Hernandez, Lety Del Pilar Fajardo Cabrera de Lima

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Article in Polymers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Andrés Mauricio Holguín PossoEscuela de Ingeniería de Materiales, Grupo Materiales Compuestos, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Cali 76001, Colombia.
Juan Carlos Macías SilvaEscuela de Ingeniería de Materiales, Grupo Materiales Compuestos, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Cali 76001, Colombia.
Juan Pablo Castañeda NiñoEscuela de Ingeniería de Materiales, Grupo Materiales Compuestos, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Cali 76001, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0001-7563-468X
Jose Herminsul Mina HernandezEscuela de Ingeniería de Materiales, Grupo Materiales Compuestos, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Cali 76001, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-3767-4431
Lety Del Pilar Fajardo Cabrera de LimaGrupo Tribología, Polímeros, Metalurgia de Polvos y Transformaciones de Residuos Sólidos, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No. 100-00, Cali 76001, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-3889-2852

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When the cocoa pod husk (CPH) is used and processed, two types of flour were obtained and can be differentiated by particle size, fine flour (FFCH), and coarse flour (CFCH) and can be used as a possible reinforcement for the development of bio-based composite materials. Each flour was obtained from chopping, drying by forced convection, milling by blades, and sieving using the 100 mesh/bottom according to the Tyler series. Their physicochemical, thermal, and structural characterization made it possible to identify the lower presence of lignin and higher proportions of cellulose and pectin in FFCH. Based on the properties identified in FFCH, it was included in the processing of thermoplastic starch (TPS) from the plantain pulp (

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agricultural wastesbio-based composite materialcocoa pod husk flourcomposite materialsthermoplastic starch

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PMID38891558
PMCPMC11174894

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