Table 3.
Weight-average ( Μ w ) and number-average ( Μ n ) molecular weights and polydispersits ( Μ w / Μ n ) of the water-soluble polysaccharides isolated from the hydrothermally pretreated liquor phase under the various processing conditions
| Water-soluble polysaccharides (temperature (°C)-time (h)) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110-1.0 | 130-1.0 | 150-1.0 | 170-0.5 | 170-1.0 | 170-2.0 | 190-0.5 | 210-0.5 | 230-0.5 | |
| M w | 31,220 | 25,920 | 16,830 | 14,320 | 7,110 | 6,710 | 7,080 | 6,190 | 4,780 |
| M n | 15,550 | 14,160 | 8,520 | 7,670 | 6,240 | 5,930 | 6,150 | 5,620 | 4,020 |
| M w/M n | 2.01 | 1.83 | 1.98 | 1.88 | 1.14 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.10 | 1.19 |
Data represented are the averages of the results obtained from the duplicated experiments.