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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Chemical composition of Acacia mearnsii wood, hydrolyzate, and Ph-kraft pulp

From: Application of peroxymonosulfuric acid as a modification of the totally chlorine-free bleaching of acacia wood prehydrolysis-kraft pulp

Samples

Yield (%)a

Acid-insoluble lignin (%)a

Acid-soluble lignin (%)a

Glucan (%)a

Xylan (%)a

Other sugars (%)a

Ash (%)a

Unknown (%)a

Wood

 

20.3

2.9

41.5

17.1

2.1

0.5

15.4

Hydrolyzate

2.6

0.2

0.1

0.1

1.1

0.4

0.1

0.6

Ph-kraft pulp

45.2

0.7

0.4

39.2

4.3

0.8

0.1

0.03

  1. a% based on wood