In our previous study on the color reversion of pulp (yellowing of pulp), we observed that Cu value of pulp was correlated to the reduce ratio of pulp brightness.
And then when we investigated the UV absorptibity of alkali cellulose fraction dissolved in 8% NaOH solution, we found that remarkable characteristic absorption max, appeared at 267 mμ and increased with ageing process. We suggested that this phenomena was due to oxidized groups in cellulose, especially to CO groups.
This work was carried out in order to investigate the correlation between the color reversion of pulp and characteristic UV absorption of pulp-H
3PO
4 solution (pulp dissolved in 80% H
3PO
4).
Materials used were
1. domestic and imported dissolving pulps
2. oxidized (with hypochlorite and periodate) and subsequent reduced (with NaBH
4) pulps
The results were as follows :
(1) In general, the pulp-H
3PO
4 solutions have a characteristic absorption max. at 280-290 mμ and its absorbance is correlated to Cu value (post color value) and brightness of pulp.
(2) In the case of oxidized pulps, the UV characteristic max. increases with degree of oxidation, while in subsequent reduced pulps it significantly decreases or disappears.
(3) The color reversion of pulp has a linear relation to the degree of oxidation of pulp, and also the same relation to UV absorbance at absorption max. In other words, CO groups in cellulose is attributed largely to the color reversion of pulp.
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