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ArticleHeliyon2025

The alkaline treatment and its influence on the physicomechanical properties of plantain pseudostem fibers - A comparative study of treated and untreated fibers.

Oswaldo Hurtado-Figueroa, Humberto Varum, María Isabel Prieto, Romel J Gallardo Amaya, Alfonso Cobo Escamilla

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Article in Heliyon, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Oswaldo Hurtado-FigueroaEscuela Técnica Superior de Edificación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-UPM, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Humberto VarumCONSTRUCT-LESE, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade Do Porto, FEUP, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
María Isabel PrietoDepartamento de Tecnología de La Edificación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-UPM, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Romel J Gallardo AmayaGrupo de Investigación en Construcción, Geotecnia y Medio Ambiente-GIGMA, Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña-UFPSO, 546552 Ocaña, Colombia.
Alfonso Cobo EscamillaEscuela Técnica Superior de Edificación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-UPM, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibers were extracted from the pseudostem of the plantain of the variety Hartón, belonging to the order Zingiberales, family Musaceae, genus Musa, species Musa paradisiaca. The fibers were exposed to alkaline treatment to improve their physicomechanical properties for use as reinforcement in green composites.

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Alkaline treatmentMechanical propertiesNaOHPlantain pseudostemSurface modificationVegetable fibers

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PMID39897780
PMCPMC11783020

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