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IT is well known that the change in the structure of cellulose in ramie produced by the action of caustic soda solution and by subsequent treatment with water depends largely on the concentration of the alkali used, the temperature and the magnitude of tension to which the fibre is subjected during the treatment. Hess and Trogus1 showed that if unstretched ramie is treated with 12.5–18 per cent sodium hydroxide solution and afterwards washed with water, the product gives the X-ray pattern of hydrated cellulose. Sakurada and Hutino2 later pointed out that unstretched ramie treated with 16 percent sodium hydroxide solution and washed with water for five minutes gives in the moist state a structure different from that of hydrated cellulose, and this product in the moist state was designated as 'water cellulose' by them. On being dried at 24° C. for three days in free air, water cellulose is converted to hydrated cellulose.
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SIRKAR, S., SAHA, N. Hydrated Cellulose from Jute Fibre. Nature 157, 839 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157839a0
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