Journal
CELLULOSE
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 17-31Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-010-9472-0
Keywords
Flax fibre; Flax pulp; Modeling; Thermogravimetry; Nucleation kinetic
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [CTQ2009-12904]
- Juan de la Cierva
- European Union [NMP2-CT-2006-026456]
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Usually the raw material for flax pulp production is a blend which contains fibres and shives. In order to better understanding the structure of these materials and the effects of flax pulping, X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry analysis under air atmosphere have been used. There was a significant effect of the fibre size on the composition, crystallinity, and thermal behaviour of the flax pulps. On the other hand, data obtained from thermogravimetric analysis have been modelled on the basis of two cellulose types characterized by different crystallinity levels, using kinetics equations based on the nucleation concept. As a result of these simulations, composition of the samples, pulp crystallinity and the proportion of amorphous cellulose are calculated.
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