Cellulose is a natural polymer obtained from plants with applications in various industrial sectors such as pulp and paper, textiles, coatings, ber composites, and nanomaterials. This work studied the extraction of cellulose from a tropical agricultural plant residue (Ceiba pentandra) using formic acid (FA)-acetic acid (AA)-water (Wa) mixtures as a function of temperature, time, and composition the cooking solvent
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