Purification of cellulosic pulp by hot water extraction

Cellulose

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2803-2812

  Borrega, Marc ^a,b   Sixta, Herbert ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Birch kraft pulp; Cellulose; Dissolving grade pulp; Hot water extraction; Xylan

Indexed keywords

BIRCH KRAFT PULPS; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXTRACTION TEMPERATURES; FLOW THROUGH REACTORS; HOT WATER EXTRACTION; XYLAN; XYLOOLIGOSACCHARIDES;

CELLULOSE; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; WATER;

KRAFT PULP;

BETULA; CELLULOSE; DISSOLVING PULPS; KRAFT PULPS; XYLANS;

EID: 84887996492     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-0086-1     Document Type: Article

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