Structural analysis for lignin characteristics in biomass straw

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 264-279

  Ghaffar, Seyed Hamidreza ^a   Fan, Mizi ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FT IR; NMR; Quantitative and qualitative analysis; Straw lignin; Structural characteristics; Thermal analyses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FT-IR; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

LIGNIN;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LIGNIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STRAW; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887025375     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.07.015     Document Type: Review

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