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JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 85-97Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-015-0746-3
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Biomass; Lignin; Pyrolysis-GC/MS; Organosolv; P-31 NMR
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Lignins in general have been extensively studied, while beech wood lignin in particular is rarely researched. In the present work, Organosolv isolated lignin from beech wood (OBL) has been characterized. The isolation was done by two methods: (a) by using sulfuric acid at 170 A degrees C and a reaction time of 120 min and (b) at a temperature of 180 A degrees C for 240 min. A range of analytical methods were applied including elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV-Vis, P-31 NMR, SEC, Pyrolysis-GC/MS and HPLC to gain information about establish the purity, structure, molecular weight, thermal behavior and to determine carbohydrate residues according to the NREL protocol. FT-IR and UV-Vis spectra of OBL revealed expected typical absorptions for lignins. NREL analysis presented a carbohydrate-free lignin fraction which has not been achieved to date. TGA and DSC are used to study the thermal behavior of the isolated lignins and showed a relatively low glass transition temperatures (T-g: 123 A degrees C) and decomposition temperatures of 348 and 381 A degrees C. The pyrograms generated from the pyrolysis-GC/MS at 550 A degrees C consisted mainly of fragments of syringyl, guaiacyl and hydroxyphenyl units, thereby confirming the results of the NMR analysis. Our findings support Organolsolv as an efficient method to isolate pure lignin fractions from beech wood with practical value in industry.
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