Optimizing cellulose fibrillation for the production of cellulose nanofibrils by a disk grinder

Holzforschung

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 993-1000

  Hu, Chuanshuang ^a,b   Zhao, Yu ^c   Li, Kecheng ^c   Zhu, J Y ^a   Gleisner, Roland ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

cellulose nanofibrils (CNF); disk grinding; fibrillation efficiency; field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE SEM); microfibrillated cellulose (MFC); nanocellulose

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRONS; ENAMELS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GRINDING (MACHINING); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCELLULOSE; NANOFIBERS; ROTATING MACHINERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELLULOSE FIBRILS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; CUMULATIVE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRINDING CONDITIONS; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (MFC); WATER RETENTION VALUE;

LOADING;

CELLULOSE FIBERS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EUCALYPTUS; FIBRILLATION; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84942784227     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hf-2014-0219     Document Type: Article

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