Cellulose degradation in xanthate process
โ Scribed by M. R. Padhye; M. M. Deshpande
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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โฆ Synopsis
Changes in degree of polymerization (DP) of cellulose during the viscose process were investigated by determining the number aver%e molecular weight (an), weight average molecular weight (ai,), and polydispersity (ai,/Mn) giving molecular weight distribution (MWD). In general, a reduction in DP from the pulp stage to the final filament stage was noticed. Maximum degradation was observed to take place during xanthation and not during aging as sometimes claimed. Among the four methods used for gel permeation chromatography (GPC), Universal calibration HDV method, not involving viscosity measurement, gave the best and most reproducible values.
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Various kinetic methods for the determination of primary and secondary xanthate groups have been compared. With certain types of viscoses all methods give an excellent agreement and are superior to the purely chemical methods which are unreliable. The field of application of a kinetic method baaed u