Electron beam irradiation of cellulose

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 539-542

  Driscoll, Mark ^a   Stipanovic, Arthur ^a   Winter, William ^a   Cheng, Kun ^a   Manning, Mellony ^a   Spiese, Jessica ^a   Galloway, Richard A ^b   Cleland, Marshall R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b IBA Industrial Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose depolymerization; Crystallinity reduction; Electron beam irradiation; Microcrystalline cellulose; Molecular weight reduction; Surface area increase

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CONTROL SAMPLES; CRYSTALLINITY REDUCTION; DYNAMITRON; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; RELATIVE CRYSTALLINITY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE AREA INCREASE;

ELECTRON BEAMS; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON BEAM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIATION DOSE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLINITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIATION EFFECTS; REDUCTION;

EID: 67349152627     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.03.080     Document Type: Article

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