Wood Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications

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Gulf Professional Publishing, Jan 6, 1993 - Business & Economics - 293 pages
Wood Chemistry, Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition, examines the basic principles of wood chemistry and its potential applications to pulping and papermaking, wood and wood waste utilization, pulping by-products for production of chemicals and energy, and biomass conversion.
 

Contents

Introduction to Carbohydrate Chemistry
2
Wood Polysaccharides
51
Lignin
71
Extractives
90
Bark
109
Pulp Bleaching
165
Cellulose Derivatives
204
WoodBased Chemicals and Pulping ByProducts
225
Appendix
249
Index
277
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