Abstract
A quick, simple, and environmentally friendly sample preparation method for fatty acids analysis from chemical-grade cellulose was developed employing imidazolium based ionic liquids as solvents. A variety of imidazolium based ionic liquids were screened for their ability to dissolve chemical cellulose at different temperatures. Dissolution of chemical cellulose was observed to be dependent on the ionic liquids' anions as well as temperature. The effect of ionic liquids on chemical cellulose was examined using FT-IR and TGA techniques, which showed no difference between the original and the regenerated cellulose except for the percentage mass residues in TGA profile which was high for regenerated cellulose, 15% compared to 8% of the original at 600 °C. Fatty acids extracted from cellulose were found to be predominant in the samples from different bleaching stages, with high levels in the oxygen delignification and low levels were observed in hypochlorite bleached samples. The number and levels of the identified fatty acids were observed to decrease with the bleaching sequence. The recoveries obtained using this method ranged from 90 to 107%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3272-3288 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | BioResources |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- Chemical-grade cellulose
- Fatty acids
- Gas chromatographymass spectrometry
- Green solvents
- Ionic liquids
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Waste Management and Disposal