Quality Improvement Of Corn Husk As Raw Material For Textile Products *

DOI

10.2991/iconhomecs-17.2018.34How to use a DOI?

Keywords

corn husk, raw material, textile products

Abstract

Corn is a prominent commodity in Gorontalo, Indonesia. Its productivity in Gorontalo continues to increase. While the focus in corn production is the kernel, the husk is considered as a waste. In this research, corn husk was processed in order to meet the quality standard of raw materials used in making textile products. This research used experimental method and was conducted in 2 stages: identification of the husk characteristics through natural observation and examination of its chemical structure; and the processing of the husk including coloring, sorting, weaving, and forming. The results showed that the best corn husk to be used as raw material for textile products was the middle layer husk because it is clean, medium-sized, pale-colored, thick but flexible. After processes, indicated that its strength increased and its color changed brighter. The processed husk was able to be woven properly and used as raw material for textile products.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hasdiana Hasdiana
AU  - Ayuddin Ayuddin
PY  - 2017/09
DA  - 2017/09
TI  - Quality Improvement Of Corn Husk As Raw Material For Textile Products *
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social, Applied Science and Technology in Home Economics (ICONHOMECS 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 141
EP  - 145
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iconhomecs-17.2018.34
DO  - 10.2991/iconhomecs-17.2018.34
ID  - Hasdiana2017/09
ER  -