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Four different spruce sulphite pulp samples were used for the preparation of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). The characteristics of the unreacted fibre and particle residuals obtained in the CMC-preparation were used to establish a correlation between the hemicellulose in the pulp and the intrinsic viscosity, i.e.,␣cellulose chain length and the occurence of unreacted residuals. It was shown that the residual particles in the CMC consisted of fibres, fibre fractions and gel particles of different degrees of substitution. The results suggested that pulps with long cellulose chains, i.e., pulps with high intrinsic viscosities, resulted in particles that were more substituted and more swollen. These pulps also resulted in more substituted hemicelluloses in the CMC and more substituted residuals. It was also suggested that galactoglucomannan in the cellulose pulps is favourable for the swelling which results in more substituted hemicelluloses in the CMC and more swollen residuals. The amount of residuals was influenced mainly by the characteristics of the cellulose in the pulp. It is therefore believed that a combination of high viscosity and a suitable combination of hemicelluloses is the most favourable way of eliminating the occurrence of undissolved residuals in CMC.
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Jardeby, K., Germgård, U., Kreutz, B. et al. Effect of pulp composition on the characteristics of residuals in CMC made from such pulps. Cellulose 12, 385–393 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-005-2202-3
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