Nanofibrillation of pulp fibers by twin-screw extrusion

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 421-433

  Ho, Thao Thi Thu ^a,b   Abe, Kentaro ^a   Zimmermann, Tanja ^b   Yano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degree of degradation; Degree of fibrillation; Nanofibrillated cellulose; Twin screw extruder

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; EXTRUDERS; FIBERS; KRAFT PULP; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BLEACHED KRAFT PULPS; DEGREE OF DEGRADATION; DEGREE OF FIBRILLATION; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION;

PULP REFINING;

EID: 84925543687     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0518-6     Document Type: Article

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