Journal
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 94, Issue 1, Pages 71-76Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.01.073
Keywords
Rice straw; Cellulose acetate; Acetylation; Phosphotungstic acid
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- Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau Key Scientific and Technological project [201220822275, 201160723222]
- Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2012DBA02001, 2011CDC114]
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Cellulose was isolated from rice straw by pretreatment with dilute alkaline and acid solutions successively, and it was further transferred into cellulose acetate in the presence of acetic anhydride and phosphotungstic acid (H3PW12O40 center dot 6H(2)O). The removal of hemicellulose and lignin was affected by the concentration of KOH and the immersion time in acetic acid solution, and 83 wt.% content of cellulose in the treated rice straw was obtained after pretreatment with 4% KOH and immersion in acetic acid for 5 h. Phosphotungstic acid was found to be an effective catalyst for the acetylation of the cellulose derived from rice straw. The degree of substitution (DS) values revealed a significant effect for the solubility of cellulose acetate, and the acetone-soluble cellulose acetate with DS values around 2.2 can be obtained by changing the amount of phosphotungstic acid and the time of acetylation. Both the structure of cellulose separated from rice straw and cellulose acetate were confirmed by FTIR and XRD. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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