Characterization of Cellulosic Fibers by FTIR Spectroscopy for Their Further Implementation to Building Materials
- 1 Institute of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Koice, Koice, Slovakia
- 2 Institute of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Koice, Koice, Slovakia
- 3 Institute of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Koice, Koice, Slovakia
Abstract
Nowadays, the material recycling is a growing trend in development of building materials and therefore using of secondary raw materials for production new building materials is in accordance with sustainable development in civil engineering. Therefore, it is increasingly becoming crucial to accelerate the transition from application of non-renewable sources of raw materials to renewable raw materials. One fast renewable resource is natural plant fibers. The use of the cellulosic fibers as environmentally friendly material in building products contributes to the environmental protection and saves non-renewable resources of raw materials. Wood fibers and recycled cellulose fibers of waste paper appear as suited reinforcing elements for cement-based materials. In this paper, there is used application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) on cellulose fibers coming from different sources. FTIR spectra of cellulose fiber samples are investigated and compared with reference sample of cellulose.
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