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2.2 Cotton fibers as natural raw materials for cellulose acetate production
Author(s) -
Saka Shiro
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200450403
Subject(s) - lint , raw material , cellulose , cellulose acetate , pulp and paper industry , cellulose fiber , fiber , natural fiber , synthetic fiber , materials science , polymer science , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , agronomy , biology , engineering
The commercially available cotton species are only three botanical species. For these species, the cotton fibers were described to consist of two different types of fibers termed “lint” and “linter”. The structure and chemical constituents of these cotton fibers were compared, so as to use them judiciously as natural raw materials for cellulose acetate production.