Fenton-induced degradation of polyethylene glycol and oak holocellulose. A model experiment in comparison to changes observed in conserved waterlogged wood

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 704-708

  Almkvist, Gunnar ^a   Persson, Ingmar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Cellulose; Formic acid; Glycolic acid; Hemicelluloses; Iron; Oxalic acid; Polyethylene glycol; Sulfur; Vasa; Wood degradation; Xylan

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDES; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ESTERS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMIC ACID; GLYCOLS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR; THERMOPLASTICS; WARSHIPS; WELL DRILLING; WOOD;

GLYCOLIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSES; OXALIC ACID; VASA; WOOD DEGRADATION; XYLAN;

POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

ACETIC ACID; CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; FORMIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSES; IRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXALIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE; SULFUR; WOOD; XYLANS;

EID: 55749091298     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.129     Document Type: Article

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