Preparation of absorbent foam based on softwood kraft pulp: Advancing from gram to kilogram scale

BioResources

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2099-2117

  Brodin, Fredrik W ^a   Sonavane, Yogesh ^a   Theliander, Hans ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absorbent foam; Centrifuge retention capacity; Free swelling capacity; Laboratory scale; Microfibrillated cellulose; Morphology; Scale up; TEMPO oxidation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBOXYLATION; CUTTING EQUIPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION; SOFTWOODS;

MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; RETENTION CAPACITY; SCALE-UP; SWELLING CAPACITIES; TEMPO OXIDATIONS;

KRAFT PULP;

ABSORPTION; CARBOXYLATION; CELLULOSE; EXPERIMENTATION; FOAM; KRAFT PULPING; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION;

EID: 84877945667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.8.2.2099-2117     Document Type: Article

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