The quantitative determination of cellulose in biological materials presents some difficult problems. The moisture con~ent of cellulose varies with the relative humidity, so that accurate analyses require that moisture determinations be made under carefully standardized conditions. Cellulose ordinarily occurs in association with lignin, polyuronide hemicelluloses, and xylan cellulosans. Matrone...

Cellulose and chitin are two of the most abundant biopolymer on earth, have been attracted a lot interest from many researchers, especially related to their nanoparticles form. Recently method extract them into nanoscale materials mostly by mineral or liquid acid hydrolysis, such as sulfuric hydrochloric acid. Despite high yield production, disadvantages produced use hydrolysis catalyst, low th...

Sulfuric acid is a common chemical that is widely used in industry and is found in consumer products (e.g., car batteries, cleaning products). In the United States sulfuric acid is ranked number one in terms of production volume. Sulfur trioxide is a precursor to the production of sulfuric acid. Oleum (fuming sulfuric acid) is sulfur trioxide absorbed in concentrated sulfuric acid. Sulfur triox...

This study focuses on the extraction of nanocrystalline cellulose ( NCC) from the dried stalk of Corchorus olitorius, commonly known as jute, using a combination of a microwave-assisted alkaline peroxide pulping process (AHP) and ultrasonication. Dried jute stalk powder was pretreated using sodium hydroxide under microwave irradiation for the removal of lignin. The partially delignified sample ...

In order to protect the environment and cellulose resources, yarn wastes from textile industry, which contains a considerable amount of cellulose, can be used produce microcrystalline cellulose. this study, waste was milled via ball mill subjected acid hydrolysis using sulfuric hydrochloric at different times. It characterized through various tests determine particle size, degree polymerization...

This study was to explore the conversion of low-cost bio-residuals into high value-added cellulose nanocrystals. Two enzymatic hydrolyzed residuals (i.e., HRMMW and HRSPW) were collected from two different bio-ethanol producing processes-hydrolyzing medium-milled wood (MMW) and hydrolyzing acid sulfite pretreated wood (SPW), respectively. The results showed that both residuals contained over 20...

0019-1035/$ see front matter Published by Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.06.008 ⇑ Corresponding author. Fax: +1 301 286 0440. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.J. Loeffl We report laboratory studies on the 0.8 MeV proton irradiation of ices composed of sulfuric acid (H2SO4), sulfuric acid monohydrate (H2SO4 H2O), and sulfuric acid tetrahydrate (H2SO4 4H2O) between 10 and 180 K. Usin...

Abstract In this study, the effect of pectin extraction method on properties cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) isolated from sugar beet pulp (SBP) was studied. Pectin extracted by industrially practiced sulfuric acid hydrolysis or enzymatic using a cellulase/xylanase enzymes mixture. The CNFs were then high-pressure homogenization and investigated in terms their chemical composition, crystallinity, s...

Cytocompatible polysaccharide-based functional scaffolds are potential extracellular matrix candidates for soft and hard tissue engineering. This paper describes a facile approach to design cytocompatible, non-toxic, and multifunctional chitosan-cellulose based hydrogel beads utilising polysaccharide dissolution in sodium hydroxide-urea-water solvent system and coagulation under three different...