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

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dc.contributor.advisor Deng, Yulin
dc.contributor.author Wang, Ying en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Banerjee, Sujit
dc.contributor.committeeMember Frederick, James
dc.contributor.committeeMember Hsieh, Jeffery S.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Ragauskas, Arthur J.
dc.contributor.department Chemical Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-01-22T15:52:13Z
dc.date.available 2009-01-22T15:52:13Z
dc.date.issued 2008-07-31 en_US
dc.description.abstract 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 hydroxide with urea at cold temperature can dissolve cellulose better than sodium hydroxide alone. However, the lack of sufficient understanding of the NaOH and NaOH/urea dissolution process significantly constrains its applications. In order to fully understand the cellulose dissolution in alkali system, there are several aspects of problems that need to be addressed. Our focus in this study is in the interaction of cellulose with alkali solution at low temperatures, the improvement of its solubility, and the effect of hemicellulose and lignin. en_US
dc.description.degree Ph.D. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26632
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Urea en_US
dc.subject Crystallinity en_US
dc.subject XRD en_US
dc.subject Enzymatic hydrolysis en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Cellulose fibers Dissolution
dc.subject.lcsh Sodium hydroxide
dc.subject.lcsh Sustainable engineering
dc.title Cellulose fiber dissolution in sodium hydroxide solution at low temperature: dissolution kinetics and solubility improvement en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
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local.contributor.advisor Deng, Yulin
local.contributor.corporatename School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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