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Utilization of Sawmill By-Product for Making Cellulose and Its Valuable Derivatives

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Nowadays, biomass is a valuable raw material not only for energy but also achieving the goal of sustainable development by converting into various life saving, decorative, structural and nonfood consumer products such as pharmaceuticals, paints, adhesives, textile products, polymer composites, cosmetics, papers, and various commodity specially cellulose derivatives. The main constituent of most biomass is cellulose. Sawdust is a good representative of abundant residual forest biomass and consists of 40–50 % of cellulose, 25–35 % of hemicelluloses, and 20–30 % lignin, approximately. It is frequently used for direct combustion in our subcontinent resulting in energy loss and environmental pollution. As it contains higher percentage of cellulose, it can be value-added by producing plenty of precious cellulose derivatives, for instance, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) which is extensively used as emulsion stabilization, binder, thickener of paints, film-former in textiles, etc. A number of researches have been published on the preparation of cellulose derivatives from wood and sawdust. This chapter will accumulate some basic synthesis reactions and scope of applications of valuable cellulose derivatives.

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Choudhury, M.J., Khan, G.M.A. (2014). Utilization of Sawmill By-Product for Making Cellulose and Its Valuable Derivatives. In: Hakeem, K., Jawaid, M., Rashid, U. (eds) Biomass and Bioenergy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07578-5_9

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