PRODUCTION OF PAPER WITH WATER HYACINTH AND MULBERRY PULP FOR DRIED FRAGRANT FLOWER PACKAGING

Weera  Chotithammaporn; Rungdawan  Chusuk; Pratoomtong  Trirat

Weera Chotithammaporn 2Department of Printing Industry, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Rungdawan Chusuk Department of Printing Industry, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Pratoomtong Trirat Suryadhep Teachers College, Rangsit University, Pathum Thani,Thailand

Keywords: Paper, Water hyacinth, Mulberry Pulp, Packaging

Abstract

This study considered the production of dried fragrant flowers packaging from paper made with water hyacinth and mulberry mixed pulp. Water hyacinth pulp was blended with mulberry pulp and added with chitosan and hercon by coating onto the paper surface. The test results on the properties of dried fragrant flowers packaging made with water hyacinth and mulberry mixed pulp showed that the paper had average thickness of 0.27mm., average weight of 100 g/m2, average tensile and yield strength of 7 MPa, average elongation at yield of 3.38%, average tearing strength of 46.08 mN.m2/g., and burst resistance of 3.9 kg/cm2