Degradation of polyethylene glycol and hemicellulose in the Vasa

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-70

  Almkvist, Gunnar ^a   Persson, Ingmar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catalytic oxidation; Hemicelluloses; Hydrolysis; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight (MALDI TOF); Polyethylene glycol; Vasa; Wood degradation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH EFFECTS; WOOD;

ACIDIC HYDROLYSIS; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION; WOOD DEGRADATION;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

CELLULOSE; GLYCOLS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; PH; WOOD;

EID: 36849013528     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.009     Document Type: Article

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