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RECYCLED WOOD BARK OF MALUNGGAY (Moringga Oleifera) AS HANDMADE PAPER

Problem:

What will be the texture, cost value, and acceptance in the market of paper if recycled wood bark of malunggay is used
in making it?

Hypothesis

We think that if recycled wood bark of malunggay is used in making paper, then its texture will be rough, it is cheap, and
it will be acceptable in the market.

Experimental Design

Controlled Variables: Amount of dried malunggay bark

Amount of chlorine

Amount of caustic soda

Amount of Venus dye

Manipulated Variable:

• The type of material used in making paper

Responding Variable:

• The texture, cost value, and acceptance of the paper

Materials:

Raw Materials:

500 grams of dried malunggay bark

50 grams chlorine

100 grams caustic soda

Other Materials:

2 grams Venus Dye

Mold and Deckle

Silk Screen

Cloth or Net Bag

Weighing Scale

Mortar and Scale

Procedures:

I. Preparation of materials
The barks of Malunggay stems are removed. The outer skin was scraped off and bark was
stripped off from the inner wood. Then the barks were sun-dried. The materials were first prepared before
the experiment

II. Boiling of Malunggay Barks

The dried barks were boiled in caustic soda and water for 2-3 hours. Then the barks were
washed to remove chemicals. They were then pounded to produce wood pulp.

II.a. The dried barks were boiled in caustic soda for 2 – 3 hours.

II.b. The barks were washed to remove chemicals.

II.c. Then pounded to produce wood pulp.

II.d. Produced Wood Pulp

III. Bleaching and Dyeing of the Wood Pulp

The pulp produced in the process was bleached using chlorine. After bleaching, it was washed to remove
chemicals. The wood pulp was soaked in water for 5-15 minutes to make it whiter. Then the wood pulp
was boiled in dye and water for about 15 minutes.

IV. Molding and Drying of Wood Pulp

The dyed wood pulp can now be molded. Using the mold and deckle, the wood pulp mixed
with water was molded. To dry the pulp, place it on an even wall or screen to let it dry. When the pulp has
already dried, strip off the paper from the wall.

The paper produced.

Data Gathered

After we had produced the paper out of the Malunggay Bark, we asked somebody to rate the tear
strength, texture and acceptance of the paper.

Co nclus io n:

Our hypothesis was right. The texture of the paper out of Malunggay Bark is rough. It is acceptable in the market, and it
will be cheap if sold, because the materials are not expensive.

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