Kokoku Rayon and Pulp Co. Ltd., Research Division, 11 Shiba Tamura-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
In a previous paper (J. Soc. Textile and Cellulose Ind., 14, 594 (1958)) the influence of other factors than the degree of polymerization as shown by Alf af Ekenstam (Svensk Papperstidn., 45, 81 (1942)) on the solubility of various kinds of cellulose into phosphoric acid was reported by the author.
In this paper, the dissolved part of cellulose (sulfite pulp, prehydrolyzed sulfate pulp and cotton linters) in phosphoric acid of various concentration was studied with regard to the average degree of polymerization, and the rates of hydrolysis in 70% phosphoric acid at 20°C. The rates of hydrolysis of the insoluble residues, swelled to various degrees were also determined. The results were as follows : -
The relations of average DP of dissolved part to the concentration of phosphoric acid are not the same in three samplesdissolving sulfite pulp, prehydrolyzed sulfate pulp and cotton linters. The fact may he ascribed to the factors such as lateral order other than the degree of polymerization.
The rate constant of hydrolysis of the dissolved part is almost the same in both case of wood cellulose and cotton linters. On the other hand, the rate of hydrolysis of insoluble residues for wood cellulose is higher than for cotton cellulose under the same condition and changes with the concentration of phosphoric acid before dilution to 70%, namely the rate of hydrolysis of insoluble residue depends on the degree of swelling in the solution.
From these it is concluded that the rate of inhomogeneous degradation of cellulose is greatly influenced by the molecular orientation.
These facts also make easy the test on s'k & lability of cellulose in phosphoric acid which is proposed by Heide (Faseiforsch u. Textil Techn., 3, 486 (1952)) or the test modified by the author (above cited) to determine the transparency or turbidity of the cellulose suspension in phosphoric acid because, on one hand, the swelled par t dissolves into the solution with the lapse of time because of the greater rate of hydrolysis, and, on the other hand, the insoluble residue such as the constricted part in ballonlike swelling remains unchanged even after a long time because of the lower rate of hydrolysis.
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