Preparation and characterization of long natural cellulose fibers from wheat straw

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 8570-8575

  Reddy, Narendra ^a   Yang, Yiqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofibers; Cellulose; Fiber extraction; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHEAT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TRITICUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35548975177     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf071470g     Document Type: Article

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