Experimental assessment of the purity of α-cellulose produced by variations of the Brendel method: Implications for stable isotope (δ13C, δ18O) dendroclimatology

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Brookman, Tom ^a   Whittaker, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brendel; Cellulose; FTIR; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACETONE; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROCESSING; RESINS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; APPLICATION OF STANDARDS; BRENDEL; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; FTIR; SPECTRAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

ABSORPTION; ACETONE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CELLULOSE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EXTRACTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; PURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; LAGAROSTROBOS FRANKLINII; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 84866248617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004215     Document Type: Article

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