An alternative application to the portuguese agro-industrial residue : wheat straw

The effects of alkaline treatments of the wheat straw with sodium hydroxide were investigated. The optimal condition for extraction of hemicelluloses was found to be with 0.50 mol/l sodium hydroxide at 55 °C for 2 h. This resulted in the release of 17.3% of hemicellulose (% dry starting material), c...

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Main Author: Ruzene, Denise S. (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Daniel Pereira da (author), Vicente, A. A. (author), Gonçalves, Adilson Roberto (author), Teixeira, J. A. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/10412
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/10412