Rapid dissolution of cellulose in LiOH/Urea and NaOH/Urea aqueous solutions
Rapid dissolution of cellulose in LiOH/Urea and NaOH/Urea aqueous solutions
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DOI:
10.1002/mabi.200400222
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发表时间:
2005-06-24
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Zhang, L
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作者:
Cai, J;Zhang, L
Rapid dissolution of cellulose in LiOH/urea and NaOH/urea aqueous solutions was studied systematically. The dissolution behavior and solubility of cellulose were evaluated by using C-13 NMR, optical microscopy, wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), FT-IR spectroscopy, DSC, and viscometry. The experiment results revealed that cellulose having viscosity-average molecular weight ((M) over bar (n)) of 11.4 x 104 and 37.2 x 104 could be dissolved, respectively, in 7% NaOH/12% urea and 4.2% LiOH/12% urea aqueous solutions pre-cooled to - 10 degrees C within 2 min, whereas all of them could not be dissolved in KOH/urea aqueous solution. The dissolution power of the solvent systems was in the order of LiOH/urea > NaOH/urea >> KOH/urea aqueous solution. The results from DSC and C-13 NMR indicated that LiOH/urea and NaOH/urea aqueous solutions as non-derivatizing solvents broke the intra- and inter-molecular hydrogen bonding of cellulose and prevented the approach toward each other of the cellulose molecules, leading to the good dispersion of cellulose to form an actual solution.