Fractional precipitation of softwood kraft lignin: Isolation of narrow fractions common to a variety of lignins

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 959-968

  Cui, Chengzhong ^a   Sun, Runkun ^a   Argyropoulos, Dimitris S ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Functional groups; Kraft lignin; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; FRACTIONATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MANUFACTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PULP REFINING; WOOD;

DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS; FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION; KRAFT LIGNIN; MANUFACTURING VARIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; MONODISPERSE FRACTIONS; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; SOFTWOOD KRAFT LIGNINS;

LIGNIN;

ACETONE; ALKALI LIGNINS; FRACTIONATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LIGNINS; MANUFACTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WOOD;

EID: 84898001040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400545d     Document Type: Article

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