THERMAL-BEHAVIOR OF JUTE STICK TREATED WITH WHITE-ROT FUNGUS .3.

Thermal behaviour of jute stick treated with Phanerochaete chrysospori um for incubation periods of 6 and 12 days was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG). The thermal sta bility of the fungus-treated samples show a gradual decrease with incr ease of incubation period as compared to that of the control jute stic k sample. The peak maxima temperatures (in the BSC) ascribed to hemice llulose, alpha-cellulose and lignin in the fungus-treated jute stick s amples show an overall shift to lower temperatures (with increase of i ncubation time), as compared to the corresponding peak maxima temperat ures of the control sample.