Cayratia trifolia L. fibre: Revolutionizing paper and pulp industry with a renewable resource

Cayratia trifolia L. Plant can also be employed and it can be good encouragement in protecting forests; thus, it can also be a good option to protect more trees. As of the present time the demand for the material body used in the production of pulp and paper material to produce products such as writing paper, toilet paper, napkins, newspapers, food serving disposable etc. is accordingly rising. The feasibility of Cayratia trifolia L. fiber incorporation into the pulp and paper industry is analyzed in this work. Process of bleaching was carried out on a paper sheet of 60 GSM. Then chemical composition, fiber morphology, optical, and pulp properties of Cayratia trifolia L. fiber were analyzed so as to evaluate its feasibility for this use. Other the other hand, we observed the holocellulose content of 84.4%, cellulose content of 64.92% and lignin content of 15.3%, the observed fiber length of 1.67 mm, fiber width range of 12.8 – 15.4 µm, and cell wall thickness of 3.2 µm. Tensile index, burst index and tearing index obtained were equal 42.8 Nm/g, 2.87 kPa·m ² /g and 8.7 mN·m ² /g respectively, brightness 82.22%, yellowness - 0.26, whiteness 87.29%. Indeed, the FTIR and SEM techniques were used to fine tune paper characterization. Paper produced from the hemp fiber is also found to be as good as paper from the paper fiber. Given this, this study found that Cayratia trifolia L. fiber made suitable for pulp making.