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The purpose of this work was to study the influence of acoustic cavitation on the oxidation of a mill bleached machine dried hardwood Kraft pulp. The oxidation of the pulp was carried out using 4-acetamido-TEMPO coupled with NaOCl/NaBr as co-oxidizer. The carboxylate content was increased by about 30% without any adverse impact on the degree of polymerization in the case of oxidations under acoustic cavitation compared to the reference without acoustic cavitation. A close correlation between the yield of nanocellulose and the carboxylate content of the oxidized pulps was observed. The individualized cellulose nanofibres were 3–4 nm in width and a few microns in length.
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The authors would like to thank Dr. Agnès Lejeune for her assistance in TEM analyses and Canada Research Chair in Value-added Paper for the financial support provided during the execution of this project.
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Rattaz, A., Mishra, S.P., Chabot, B. et al. Cellulose nanofibres by sonocatalysed-TEMPO-oxidation. Cellulose 18, 585–593 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-011-9529-8
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