Dissolution of microcrystalline cellulose in phosphoric acid-molecular changes and kinetics

Junhua Zhang, Jingqiang Zhang, Lu Lin, Tianming Chen, Jun Zhang, Shijie Liu, Zhenjiang Li, Pingkai Ouyang

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Abstract

In this study, we aimed to dissolve microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) with phosphoric acid to obtain high-quality fermentable saccharides. MCC was directly dissolved in phosphoric acid (the concentration was 83%) for 10 hours at temperatures of 30, 50, and 70 °C. The structural changes of MCC were determined in detail with X-ray powder diffraction, solid-state cross-polarization magic angle spinning 13C-NMR, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The kinetics of MCC decrystallization during treatment with phosphoric acid was also compared at 30, 50, and 70 °C. With the assumption of first order kinetics, the Arrhenius parameters of K, A 0 and Ea were calculated. The rate constants of decrystallization reaction (K) were 0.06, 0.17, and 0.12 h-1 respectively. The pre-exponential factor (A0) was 1.2 × 10 6 h-1, and the activation energy (Ea) was 42.4 k J/mol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5027-5041
Number of pages15
JournalMolecules
Volume14
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Decrystallization
  • Kinetic
  • MCC
  • Phosphoric acid
  • Structural change

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