Effect of size and amount of sugarcane fibers on the properties of baked foams based on plantain flour. Issue 9 (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Román-Moreno, José L.; Radilla-Serrano, Guadalupe P.; Flores-Castro, Alejandra; Berrios, José De J.; Glenn, Gregory; Salgado-Delgado, Areli; Palma-Rodríguez, Heidi M.; Vargas-Torres, Apolonio
• Is Part Of: Heliyon. Volume 6:Issue 9(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: Materials science -- Materials chemistry -- Food science -- Biodegradable baked foam -- Mechanical properties -- Thermal conductivity -- Renewable polymers -- Water vapor permeability; Research -- Periodicals; Medical sciences -- Periodicals; Natural history -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Earth sciences -- Periodicals; Physical sciences -- Periodicals; 507.2
• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04927
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8440

Abstract

Abstract: Baked foams made with plantain flour (PF) and sugarcane fiber (SF) were characterized by calorimetric, mechanical, physicochemical and structural techniques in order to assess the results induced by different sugarcane concentrations and fiber size on the structure of baked foams. The addition of SF to the baked samples increased their hydrophobic properties. Thermal conductivity (TC) decreased when the concentration of SF was 10 g and 7.5 g in the baked foams. The density of the biodegradable baked foams (BBFs) decreased with decreasing concentrations of SF, observing an inverse behavior in water vapor permeability (WVP) and solubility properties. The mechanical properties of the baked foams were more influenced by the concentration of SF than by the size of SF, obtained from different sieves. The scanning electron microscopy cross-sectional images of the BBFs showed that the size of SF affected the size and number of the internal cells in the BBFs. Abstract : Materials science, Materials chemistry, Food science, Biodegradable baked foam, Mechanical properties, Thermal conductivity, Renewable polymers, Water vapor permeability