Precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste for paper making

In this study carbide lime waste was used as raw material to produce precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). Carbide lime is an industrial waste from acetylene gas industry which uses limestone in its production. The use of PCC as fillers in paper making can reduce the production cost and improve the...

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Main Authors: Rohaya Othman, Nasharuddin Isa, Anuar Othman
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9363/
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description In this study carbide lime waste was used as raw material to produce precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). Carbide lime is an industrial waste from acetylene gas industry which uses limestone in its production. The use of PCC as fillers in paper making can reduce the production cost and improve the paper properties such as opacity and brightness. PCC can be produced from carbide lime waste by ionic sucrose solution method. The sucrose solution of Brix 10° was first prepared by dissolving sugar (sucrose) in water followed by dissolution of carbide lime waste in the sucrose solution. The sucrose solution which had turned milky was then filtered to obtain a clear solution known as pregnant solution. The pregnant solution that contained calcium ions was subsequently used to produce PCC by introducing CO2 gas into the pregnant solution. The process is known as carbonation. The PCC was then used as fillers in paper making. The production of PCC by using calcium hydroxide as starting material was also carried out for comparison purposes. Based on the results, PCC prepared from carbide lime had purity of 98.14% while the one prepared from calcium hydroxide had 98.66%. Meanwhile, analysis of the paper properties demonstrated that both products gave equally good results. This proves that PCC prepared from industrial waste can be used for paper making.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:93632016-12-14T06:49:42Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9363/ Precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste for paper making Rohaya Othman, Nasharuddin Isa, Anuar Othman, In this study carbide lime waste was used as raw material to produce precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). Carbide lime is an industrial waste from acetylene gas industry which uses limestone in its production. The use of PCC as fillers in paper making can reduce the production cost and improve the paper properties such as opacity and brightness. PCC can be produced from carbide lime waste by ionic sucrose solution method. The sucrose solution of Brix 10° was first prepared by dissolving sugar (sucrose) in water followed by dissolution of carbide lime waste in the sucrose solution. The sucrose solution which had turned milky was then filtered to obtain a clear solution known as pregnant solution. The pregnant solution that contained calcium ions was subsequently used to produce PCC by introducing CO2 gas into the pregnant solution. The process is known as carbonation. The PCC was then used as fillers in paper making. The production of PCC by using calcium hydroxide as starting material was also carried out for comparison purposes. Based on the results, PCC prepared from carbide lime had purity of 98.14% while the one prepared from calcium hydroxide had 98.66%. Meanwhile, analysis of the paper properties demonstrated that both products gave equally good results. This proves that PCC prepared from industrial waste can be used for paper making. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9363/1/03_Rohaya_Othman.pdf Rohaya Othman, and Nasharuddin Isa, and Anuar Othman, (2015) Precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste for paper making. Sains Malaysiana, 44 (11). pp. 1561-1565. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol44num11_2015/contentsVol44num11_2015.html
spellingShingle Rohaya Othman,
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title_full Precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste for paper making
title_fullStr Precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste for paper making
title_full_unstemmed Precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste for paper making
title_short Precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste for paper making
title_sort precipitated calcium carbonate from industrial waste for paper making
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