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An industrial calcium sulfite pulp was fractionated in a hydrocyclone to four fractions that differed in dimensions and composition due to differences in density. The intention was to investigate whether the fibre dimensions had any influence on the properties of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) produced from the fractions and especially how the properties of the unreacted material differed. It was surprisingly found that the fraction containing thin-walled fibres gave CMC and dissolved residuals in the CMC-solution that had the lowest degree of substitution (DS). It was therefore believed that the thin-walled fibres were collapsed and more closely bound in the fibre network after drying of the pulp and that this impeded the chemical diffusion in the subsequent CMC-process, i.e. the diffusion of the CMC-chemicals into the cell wall was slower. There was thus a correlation between thinner fibres and a lower degree of substitution for CMC made from such fibres. It was also found that tick-walled fibres had a higher degree of substitution than the thin-walled fibres but that the highest degree of substitution was obtained if a mixture of thin- and thick-walled fibres were used.
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Jardeby, K., Germgård, U., Kreutz, B. et al. The influence of fibre wall thickness on the undissolved residuals in CMC solutions. Cellulose 12, 167–175 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-004-1371-9
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