Chemical and thermal stability of rice husks against alkali treatment

BioResources

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1267-1277

  Ndazi, Bwire S ^a   Nyahumwa, Christian ^a   Tesha, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Alkali treatment; Cellulose; Chemical content; Degradation; Hemicellulose; Lignin; Rice husks

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ALKALI TREATMENT; CHEMICAL CONTENT; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; RICE HUSK; THERMAL STABILITY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCES;

ALKALINITY; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL STABILITY; LIGNIN; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DEGRADATION;

ALKALI TREATMENT; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; GRAVIMETRY; HEMICELLULOSES; LIGNINS; RICE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 77950489395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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