Dissolving-grade birch pulps produced under various prehydrolysis intensities: Quality, structure and applications

Cellulose

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2007-2021

  Testova, Lidia ^a   Borrega, Marc ^a   Tolonen, Lasse K ^a   Penttilä, Paavo A ^b   Serimaa, Ritva ^b   Larsson, Per Tomas ^c   Sixta, Herbert ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cellulose acetate; Cellulose structure; Dissolving pulp; Macromolecular properties; Prehydrolysis; Viscose

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DISSOLUTION; KETONES; REINFORCEMENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CELLULOSE ACETATES; CELLULOSE STRUCTURES; DISSOLVING PULP; MACROMOLECULAR PROPERTIES; PRE-HYDROLYSIS; VISCOSE;

HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84901193672     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0182-x     Document Type: Article

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