Cereal Straw as a Resource for Sustainable Biomaterials and Biofuels

The first book to examine straw chemistry in its entirety, Cereal Straws . Balanced composition of the structure and its components; extractives, from isolation to structural characterization; isolation, modification, and purification of hemicelluloses; the occurrence, structure, and chemical modification of cellulose; straw lignins, including their occurrence, structure and constitution, isolation and heterogeneity, and physico-chemical properties; and utilization of straw and straw components after chemical modification.

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  Provides the basics of straw composition



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  Details of chemical substances from straw cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignins



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  Elucidates new techniques for the production of biodegradable materials, chemical industry, and pulp and paper business

  
  

Ch. 1 Introduction
Ch. 2 Structure, ultrastructure, and chemical composition
Ch. 3 Extractive
Ch. 4 Hemicelluloses
Ch. 5 Cellulose
Ch. 6 Lignin
Ch. 7 Chemical modification of straw
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