Coimbatore, Aug 22: The Coir Board has entrusted Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) with a project to carry out research on Coir pith, which has high degree of absorption property and attracts nuclear waste vibration, a top board official has said. The preliminary test carried out by central Coir Research Institute has revealed that Coir pith had the physical property to absorb negative nuclear emanation and sound moduling quality, Coir Board chairman, C Chandran told reporters here last night.
Once BARC established the scientific usage of Coir pith, there was tremendous potential for pith world over for largescale utilisation in major sectors like atomic and power, Chandran said.
Funds for the project, which was yet to be finalised, would not be any problem, he said adding being a government organisation, any investment was worthy, with good returns.
On other projects, Chandran said that the board had asked South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) here, to carry out a study on longitivity of Coir fibre, which could be used as core fibre and also in geo-textiles.

He also said that the-city based PSG College of Technology has been entrusted to carry out research and develop pulps from tender coconut cover, to be used for making particle boards.

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The college was also asked to conduct a survey within two months, on the present quantity and availability of husk and fibre, so that supply could be made available to non-available areas, Chandran said.

Bureau Report