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Isolation of Cellulose from Wheat Straw and Its Utilization for the Preparation of Carboxymethyl Cellulose

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Cellulose was isolated from wheat straw by the combined pretreatment including dilute acid hydrolysis, ethanol extraction, and alkaline H2O2 delignification. The effects of varying the parameters on carboxymethylation on isolated cellulose were investigated. Furthermore, the chemical structure of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) prepared from wheat straw was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscope analysis. The isolated cellulose is mainly composed of cellulose without hemicellulose and with minors of lignin and ash. The optimal conditions for carboxymethylation were base concentration, 20%; reaction temperature, 70°C; reaction time, 2 h; mass ratio of etherifying agent to cellulose, 1.75. Under the optimized conditions, CMC with high degree of substitution (0.88) and low viscosity (18 mPa·s) was synthesized. Chemical structural characterization showed the feasibility of the preparation of CMC from wheat straw. The constituents of wheat straw would be maximally utilized by the proposed method.

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  1. Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Hailong Li, Hairong Zhang, Lian Xiong, Xuefang Chen, Can Wang, Chao Huang & Xinde Chen

  2. CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Hailong Li, Hairong Zhang, Lian Xiong, Xuefang Chen, Can Wang, Chao Huang & Xinde Chen

  3. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Hailong Li, Hairong Zhang, Lian Xiong, Xuefang Chen, Can Wang, Chao Huang & Xinde Chen

  4. R&D Center of Xuyi Attapulgite Applied Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xuyi, 211700, People’s Republic of China

    Hailong Li, Hairong Zhang, Lian Xiong, Xuefang Chen, Can Wang, Chao Huang & Xinde Chen

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Li, H., Zhang, H., Xiong, L. et al. Isolation of Cellulose from Wheat Straw and Its Utilization for the Preparation of Carboxymethyl Cellulose. Fibers Polym 20, 975–981 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-019-7717-6

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