OPTIMIZATION OF A PROCESS FOR PREPARING CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE FROM WATER HYACINTH (EICHORNIA CRASSIPES)

Authors
BARAI BK SINGHAL RS KULKARNI PR
Citation
Bk. Barai et al., OPTIMIZATION OF A PROCESS FOR PREPARING CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE FROM WATER HYACINTH (EICHORNIA CRASSIPES), Carbohydrate polymers, 32(3-4), 1997, pp. 229-231
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Carbohydrate polymers → ACNP
ISSN journal
01448617
Volume
32
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
229 - 231
Database
ISI
SICI code
0144-8617(1997)32:3-4<229:OOAPFP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
alpha-Cellulose was isolated from water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) , a free floating weed growing on shallow water. It was etherified wit h chloroacetic acid in a solvent medium. The process of carboxymethyla tion was optimized with respect to the solvent medium, alkali concentr ation, acid concentration, time and temperature of the reaction. (C) 1 997 Elsevier Science Ltd.