Characterization of fractions obtained from two industrial softwood kraft lignins

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 103-110

  Dodd, Angela P ^a   Kadla, John F ^b   Straus, Suzana K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C NMR; 31P NMR; Elemental analysis; Lignin; Molecular weight distribution; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOFTWOODS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; MACROMOLECULAR MIXTURES; PETROLEUM-BASED CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOFTWOOD KRAFT LIGNINS; SUCCESSIVE EXTRACTIONS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; WEYERHAEUSER;

LIGNIN;

ALKALI LIGNINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOFTWOODS; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84920280704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500601b     Document Type: Article

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