Wood Chemistry, Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition, examines the basic principles of wood chemistry and its potential applications to pulping and papermaking, wood and wood waste utilization, pulping by-products for production of chemicals and energy, and biomass conversion.
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"This is a highly informative and very affordable book... Sjostrom deals with an immense amount of highly condensed information in an expert and authoritative manner... very well illustrated throughout and this adds much to the ease of understanding of the basic chemistry and applications of it in the cellulose industries."
THE FORESTRY CHRONICLE
"Professor Sjostrom has been very successful in bringing all these diverse aspects of wood together in a very readable book."
WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"I strongly recommend it as a textbook for both teachers and students. In fact I strongly recommend it for all those interested in wood chemistry."
FOREST PRODUCTS JOURNAL
"This is a highly informative and very affordable book... Sjostrom deals with an immense amount of highly condensed information in an expert and authoritative manner... very well illustrated throughout and this adds much to the ease of understanding of the basic chemistry and applications of it in the cellulose industries."
THE FORESTRY CHRONICLE
"Professor Sjostrom has been very successful in bringing all these diverse aspects of wood together in a very readable book."
WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"I strongly recommend it as a textbook for both teachers and students. In fact I strongly recommend it for all those interested in wood chemistry."
FOREST PRODUCTS JOURNAL
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Trees belong to seed-bearing plants (Spermatophytae), which are subdivided into gymnosperms (Gymnospermae) and angiosperms (Angiospermae). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
benzylium ions, parenchyma resin, wood polysaccharides, hydrogen sulfide ions, benzilic acid rearrangement, carbohydrate degradation products, phenolic extractives, birch xylan, uronic acid groups, kraft black liquors, peeling reaction, chromophoric structures, acid sulfite, kraft pulping, pulping conditions, neutral sulfite, free phenolic hydroxyl groups, wood constituents, softwood lignin, residual lignin, alkaline sulfite, cooking chemicals, sulfate turpentine, xylan chain, phenylpropane units Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Trees belong to seed-bearing plants (Spermatophytae), which are subdivided into gymnosperms (Gymnospermae) and angiosperms (Angiospermae). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
benzylium ions, parenchyma resin, wood polysaccharides, hydrogen sulfide ions, benzilic acid rearrangement, carbohydrate degradation products, phenolic extractives, birch xylan, uronic acid groups, kraft black liquors, peeling reaction, chromophoric structures, acid sulfite, kraft pulping, pulping conditions, neutral sulfite, free phenolic hydroxyl groups, wood constituents, softwood lignin, residual lignin, alkaline sulfite, cooking chemicals, sulfate turpentine, xylan chain, phenylpropane units Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Wood Structure and Composition (International Fiber Science and Technology) by Menachem Lewin on 4 pages
- Pulping Processes by Sven A. Rydholm on 4 pages
- Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Wood Components by Takayoshi Higuchi on page 248, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Plant Biochemistry by P. M. Dey in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Kennedy Processing (Ellis Horwood Series in Artificial Intelligence) by Kennedy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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