Hemicelluloses: Major sources, properties and applications

Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 289-304

  Spiridon, Iuliana ^a   Popa, Valentin I ^b  

^a PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^b GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045316-3.00013-2     Document Type: Chapter

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