Comparison of two thermochemolytic methods for the analysis of lignin in decomposing gymnosperm wood: the CuO oxidation method and the method of thermochemolysis with tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 881-888

  Hatcher, Patrick G ^a   Nanny, Mark A ^a   Minard, Robert D ^a   Dible, Scott D ^a   Carson, Daniel M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CuO oxidation; gymnosperm wood; lignin; TMAH thermochemolysis

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDE; GYMNOSPERM; LIGNIN; OXIDATION; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS; WOOD;

EID: 0029472128     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(95)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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