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Proposed chemical reaction on the hydrolysis process of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) with sulphuric acid, a) sulphate ions attacking C-6 in cellulose chain, b) hydrogen ions break pyranose ring, and c) hydrogen ions attacked glycosidic linkages and break the cellulose chains.