A note on the conversion of oil-palm trunks to glucose via acid hydrolysis

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-35

  Lim, K O ^a   Ahmaddin, Faridah Hanum ^a   Malar Vizhi, S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Glucose production; Oil palm trunks

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACID HYDROLYSIS; GLUCOSE PRODUCTION; OIL PALM TRUNKS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

BIOCONVERSION;

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; MALAYSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE;

EID: 0030979955     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(96)00131-9     Document Type: Article

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