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Norway spruce (Picea abies) cellulose samplesdissolved in lithium chloride/N,N-dimethyl-acetamide(LiCl/DMAc) covering a wide range of average molecular weights were analyzed bysize exclusion chromatography (SEC) and multi-angle laser light detection(MALLS). The molecular weight distribution of the samples was compared to themolecular weight distribution of cotton linters cellulose samples. To obtaincomplete dissolution of high-molecular-weight wood cellulose, previouslypublished procedures for dissolving cellulose in LiCl/DMAc were modified. SECseparation was performed using macroporous monodisperse polymer particles ascolumn matrix. The refractive index increment (dn/dc)μ forcellulose in 0.5% LiCl/DMAc was found to be 0.104. The radius of gyration,RG, of cellulose in 0.5% LiCl/DMAc depended on the molecular weight,M, according to the relation RG ∝ M0.55. Celluloseprepared from sprucewood by the sulfite cooking process had a broad molecularweight distribution compared to cotton linters cellulose.
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Schult, T., Hjerde, T., Inge Optun, O. et al. Characterization of cellulose by SEC-MALLS. Cellulose 9, 149–158 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020139409903
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