Abstract
Partial carboxylmethylation of cotton fabrics was examined using glycolic acids and sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid. or acetic acid as acidic catalyzers. It was found that the reaction of this procedure gave a partially carboxylmethylated cellulose having the crystalline lattice of cellulose I, whereas the usual method used to date where the reaction was achieved in the chloroacetic acid-sodium hydroxide system gave crystalline lattice of cellulose II.
