Cellulose fiber dissolution in sodium hydroxide solution at low temperature: dissolution kinetics and solubility improvement

Sodium hydroxide can cause cellulose to swell and can even dissolve cellulose in a narrow range of the phase diagram. It was found that for cellulose with low to moderate degree of polymerization, the maximal solubility occurs with 8~10% soda solution. In recent years, researchers found that sodium...

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Main Author: Wang, Ying
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2009
Subjects:
XRD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26632