Valorisation of Vegetal Wastes as a Source of Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives
Different qualities of CMC were prepared from an agricultural residue (date palm rachis) and a marine waste ( Posidonia oceanica ). These starting lignocellulosic materials were used as such and after chemical pulping and bleaching. The carboxymethylation reaction was carried out in presence of NaOH...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of polymers and the environment 2011-03, Vol.19 (1), p.80-89 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Different qualities of CMC were prepared from an agricultural residue (date palm rachis) and a marine waste (
Posidonia oceanica
). These starting lignocellulosic materials were used as such and after chemical pulping and bleaching. The carboxymethylation reaction was carried out in presence of NaOH (40%) and monochloroacetic acid (ClCH
2
COOH, MAC), in
n
-butanol as the reaction solvent. The substitution degrees (DS) of the obtained CMCs varied from 0.67 to 1.62 and between 0.98 and 1.86, for
P. oceanica
and date palm rachis, respectively. The CP-MAS
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C-NMR spectra of the prepared polyelectrolytes displayed the presence of the main peaks associated with cellulose macromolecules (C1–C6) and that corresponding to carboxyl functions at around 175 ppm. Unfortunately, the peak attributed to methylene groups neighbouring carboxyl moieties are overlapped by C2 and C3, which renders them hardly detectable. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that the CP-MAS
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C-NMR spectra revealed the presence of different signals originating from residual impurities (ca. 27 ppm), such as traces of lignin macromolecules (110–150 ppm) and methyl groups attributed to hemicelluloses. Work is in progress to establish a more efficient purification procedure, in order to have more accurate values of DS. |
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ISSN: | 1566-2543 1572-8919 1572-8900 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10924-010-0207-y |