Abstract
Wood consists essentially of cellulose (Section 31.5), lignin (Section 32.3), hemicelluloses (Section 31.5.1), and water. The major uses of wood are for fuel and as a construction material. Also, of all the wood harvested, about one-sixth (150 million tons per year) serves as a source of cellulose for paper and pulp. For this purpose, it first has to be freed from lignin and hemicelluloses by certain digestion or disintegration methods (Section 32.3).
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Elias, HG. (1977). Wood and Lignin. In: Macromolecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7364-7_32
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