Wood Chemistry
Fundamentals and Applications
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Wood Chemistry, Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition, examines the basic principles of wood chemistry and its potential applications to pulping and papermaking, wood and wood waste utilization, pulping by-products for production of chemicals and energy, and biomass conversion.
Table of Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
The Structure of Wood.
Introduction to Carbohydrate Chemistry.
Wood Polysaccharides.
Lignin.
Extractives.
Bark.
Wood Pulping.
Pulp Bleaching.
Cellulose Derivatives.
Wood-Based Chemicals and Pulping By-Products.
Appendix.
Bibliography.
Index.
Product details
- No. of pages: 293
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2013
- Published: January 6, 1993
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780126474817
- eBook ISBN: 9780080925899
About the Author
Eero Sjostrom
Affiliations and Expertise
Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland