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    Microwave assisted acetylation of cellulose isolated from the banana pseudo-stem
    (Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2019-05) Kariyawasam,K .H .C .S; Gunathilake,M.D .M. S; De Silva,H, I,C; Abeytunga,D .T. U
    Cellulose acetate (CA) is an ester derivative of cellulose with a wide range of industrial applications as coatings, cigarette filters, textile fibers, filtration membranes, photo films, composites, and medical and pharmaceutical products.1 Annually, a few tons of banana pseudo-stems are left behind in the plantation soil as an agro waste in Sri Lanka.