TABLE 2.
Integrated Results of Solid-State 13C NMR Spectra and Crystallinity Index
| Sample a | Distribution of C chemical shift, ppm (%)b | Aliphatic C, % |
Aromatic C, % |
Polar C, % |
Crystal index c |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–50 | 50–61 | 61–96 | 96–109 | 109–145 | 145–163 | 163–190 | 190–220 | |||||
| BRT | 16.5 | 3.46 | 63.5 | 7.48 | 6.53 | 1.19 | 1.34 | 0.00 | 90.9 | 7.72 | 77.0 | 0.292 |
| DWF | 5.21 | 2.95 | 59.2 | 11.1 | 7.79 | 6.44 | 5.83 | 1.53 | 78.4 | 14.2 | 87.0 | 0.332 |
| DWPS1 | 4.83 | 6.16 | 59.5 | 10.6 | 3.22 | 9.75 | 5.91 | 0.00 | 81.1 | 13.0 | 91.9 | 0.235 |
| DWPS2 | 1.36 | 5.54 | 60.5 | 10.9 | 3.05 | 9.25 | 7.17 | 2.18 | 78.4 | 12.3 | 95.6 | 0.127 |
| DWCS | 0.25 | 10.43 | 65.1 | 12.6 | 2.16 | 1.21 | 0.90 | 7.28 | 88.4 | 3.37 | 97.6 | 0.255 |
| Suberan | 1.18 | 6.08 | 39.6 | 12.2 | 22.9 | 10.2 | 0.97 | 6.83 | 59.1 | 33.1 | 75.9 | 0.447 |
| DWSF | 3.29 | 9.58 | 44.0 | 12.1 | 15.72 | 9.34 | 1.23 | 4.71 | 69.0 | 25.1 | 81.0 | 0.427 |
| DSF | 11.69 | 15.6 | 26.8 | 16.1 | 5.98 | 15.1 | 7.11 | 1.57 | 70.3 | 21.1 | 82.4 | 0.418 |
| Wax | 66.59 | 4.45 | 15.8 | 0.13 | 1.67 | 0.78 | 4.02 | 6.54 | 87.0 | 2.45 | 31.8 | -- |
The meaning of each root fraction is indicated in Figure 1.
Aliphatic C: total aliphatic carbon region (0–109 ppm). Aromatic C: total aromatic carbon region (109–163 ppm). Polar C: total polar C region (50–109 ppm and 145–220 ppm).
Crystallinity index=(86–92ppm)/[(86–92ppm)+(79–86ppm)]=Crystalline cellulose/(amorphous cellulose+crystalline cellulose).