Cellulose
Paper is certainly the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think of cellulose. Of course that is correct, but it is only a fraction of the actual range of applications for this material. This natural product has many varied uses in today's society – both in its pure form or as a so-called derivative (i.e. a chemically-altered substance with a cellulose base). From a chemical standpoint, cellulose is a polysaccharide; i.e. a cellulose molecule has been assembled into a long chain from many sugar building blocks (specifically: glucose).
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Through chemical transformation of the raw cellulose, many additional properties can be attained. Overall, the extraction of cellulose is a complex procedure. An entire series of mechanical and chemical steps are required, first to separate cellulose from the associated natural materials and then to refine it until chemically pure.
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Cellulose is a white substance insoluble in water, which is found in cotton in an almost pure form (up to 95%), but is primarily extracted from wood because that is most easily cultivated and processed by all cellulose suppliers. The cellulose contained in the wood is separated out by means of so-called acid or alkaline pulping processes.
Cellulose
The product group "cellulose derivatives" is subclassified by the type of chemical treatment into cellulose acetates, cellulose ethers and cellulose esters.
Various flammable, explosive compounds known as nitrocelluloses (NC) are formed through esterification of cellulose with nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
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