Journal
CELLULOSE
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 327-335Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-004-5840-y
Keywords
acid hydrolysis; carbohydrates; cellulose; crystallinity; hardwood; intrinsic viscosity; levelling-off degree of polymerisation; molecular weight distribution; prehydrolysis kraft; xylan
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The amount of disordered material in two types of hardwood kraft pulps was estimated by determining the weight loss at the point where the levelling-off degree of polymerisation (LODP) was reached. The pulps used were commercial pulps viz (1)one conventional birch kraft and (2)one mixed hardwood (MHW) kraft pulp that had been prehydrolysed prior to cooking. The results indicated that the hemicellulose xylan is closely associated with the cellulose in commercial birch pulps. It is therefore only possible to use LODP as a measure of the crystallite length of hardwood cellulose in highly purified pulps, such as prehydrolysed kraft pulp. A model explaining the LODP-results is proposed.
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