A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ADSORPTION EFFICIENCY OF GLYCERIN AND SUNFLOWER OIL OF LUFFA FIBER
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The objective of this research was to study the adsorption of two types of moisturizers; glycerin and sunflower oil by luffa fibers. The samples of the luffa fibers were obtained from Mukdahan province. The samples were pretreated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The equilibrium time experiments: 0.25 g of dried luffa fibers were immersed into 50 mL of glycerin or sunflower oil with a concentration of 1 g/100 mL. The solutions were shaken for various times (0, 10, 20, 30, 60, and 120 minutes). Investigating the adsorption quantity of moisturizers by luffa fibers, 0.25 g of dried luffa fibers were immersed into 50 mL of glycerin or sunflower oil with different concentration levels (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 30, 50 and 100 g/100 mL). The solutions were shaken for 60 minutes. The finding was that the equilibrium time for glycerin and sunflower oil were achieved at 40 and 60 minutes, respectively. For the finding revealed that luffa fibers had a greater ability to adsorb the amount of sunflower oil than glycerin. The findings of this study would be beneficial to evaluate the suitability and efficiency of adsorption of moisturizer by luffa fibers for the future application such as body scrub.
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