A study of the mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of microcrystalline cellulose particles prepared from cotton slivers using different acid concentrations

Cellulose

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 783-793

  Das, Kunal ^a   Ray, Dipa ^b   Bandyopadhyay, N R ^a   Ghosh, Tony ^b   Mohanty, Amar K ^c   Misra, Manjusri ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Microcrystalline cellulose; Thermogravimetric analysis; Transmission electron microscope; X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; ACID HYDROLYSIS; CELLULOSE CHAIN; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOWER ACIDS; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION TESTS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; XRD;

ACIDS; CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PELLETIZING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; SULFURIC ACID; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ACIDS; CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFURIC ACID; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION; COTTON; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; TESTING; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 70349090152     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-009-9280-6     Document Type: Article

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