Characterization of Hardwood-Derived Carboxymethylcellulose by High pH Anion Chromatography Using Pulsed Amperometric Detection

• An approach for the quantitative analysis of substituent distribution in carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) is presented. In short, the high-pH anion-exchange chromatography method, coupled to pulsed amperometric detection (PAD), is introduced. Each of the seven derivatives in CMC is presented by a single peak on the PAD trace, thus enabling an easy quantification. New inside information on monomer composition is obtained by this novel method, which is essential for understanding the structure versus property relationships in the CMC samples.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Kemiteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Chemical Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

carboxymethyl cellulose

high-pH anion-exchange chromatography

substituent distribution

Chemical engineering

Kemiteknik

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