CELLULOSE is Nature's strong material. It is the chief constituent of cotton flax and wood. Wood can be turned into sugars by treatment with hydrochloric acid Bergius process) and by certain termites; horses and cows break down the cellulose in grass into sugar before digesting it. So it is not surprising that the cellulose polymer is built up of what are practically molecules of a glucose (“Barley Sugar”). Each β glucose unit is twisted about its axis through 180 deg.; the combination of two such units makes up that is called a cellulose unit which has the structure shown in Fig. 2. The cellulose polymer is a long, straight chain made up from these cellobiose units, and each chain probably contains about 70 such units.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Solid Organic Materials


    Subtitle :

    A Survey of the Characteristics of a New Class of Materials for Use in Engineering


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1940-06-01


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Solid Organic Materials

    de Bruyne, N.A. | Emerald Group Publishing | 1940


    Solid Organic Materials

    de Bruyne, N.A. | Emerald Group Publishing | 1940


    Solid Organic Materials

    de Bruyne, N.A. | Emerald Group Publishing | 1940


    Organic materials yeld flexible solid-state scanner

    British Library Online Contents | 2005


    Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Solid Electrolytes Materials

    Dexin, Z. / Huimin, Y. | British Library Online Contents | 2003