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. 2024 Jan 12;12(4):1666–1680. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c07236

Table 2. Obtained Pulps from Treatments Performed without Mineral Acid and Their Characteristics.

treatment code pulp recovery [%m/m] %Lignin in pulp (%recovery) [%m/m] delignification [m/m] %cellulose in pulp (%recovery) [%m/m] %hemicellulose in pulp (%recovery) [%m/m]
A0-1 61.41 21.72 (59.26) 0.41 57.67 (95.22) 7.17 (30.51)
A0-2 57.39 20.90 (53.29) 0.47 54.36 (83.90) 8.33 (35.46)
A0-3 62.49 18.12 (50.30) 0.50 60.20 (101.15) 7.15 (30.43)
A0-4 60.94 14.52 (39.29) 0.61 56.69 (92.89) 11.29 (48.03)
A0-5 60.54 13.15 (35.37) 0.65 56.64 (92.21) 11.12 (47.31)
A0-6 62.92 15.17 (42.40) 0.57 58.23 (98.52) 13.82 (58.80)
A0-7 74.35 13.56 (44.80) 0.55 51.05 (102.07) 15.88 (67.59)
A0-8 72.20 13.28 (42.59) 0.57 49.15 (95.43) 15.71 (66.86)
A0-9 71.70 13.19 (42.03) 0.59 51.56 (99.41) 15.42 (65.64)
A0-1 82.69 15.60 (57.29) 0.43 46.73 (103.91) 20.97 (89.23)
A0-11 88.76 15.32 (60.40) 0.40 47.29 (110.02) 22.52 (95.82)
A0-12 84.19 15.62 (58.41) 0.52 47.34 (107.16) 20.26 (86.22)
A20-1 40.56 21.30 (38.38) 0.62 74.70 (81.46) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-2 37.34 21.81 (36.18) 0.64 75.55 (75.86) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-3 37.47 22.46 (37.38) 0.63 75.21 (75.77) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-4 37.48 11.64 (19.38) 0.81 82.66 (83.31) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-5 32.94 10.32 (15.10) 0.85 84.22 (74.61) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-6 31.98 8.92 (12.68) 0.87 84.45 (72.62) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-7 31.82 5.26 (7.44) 0.93 85.53 (73.17) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-8 28.14 4.61 (5.77) 0.94 87.29 (66.04) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-9 24.25 5.46 (5.88) 0.94 91.65 (59.76) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-10 27.56 5.61 (6.86) 0.93 92.00 (68.17) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-11 24.66 5.05 (5.53) 0.95 94.24 (62.49) 0.00 (0.00)
A20-12 21.18 5.56 (5.23) 0.95 91.17 (51.92) 0.00 (0.00)

N.B: The treatment labels are described by their acid content (A0 or A20 for 0 or 20 mm H2SO4, respectively), and the treatment number.