Abstract
CELLULOSE, the structural basis of the vegetable world and the raw material of the cotton textile industry, has long been the subject of scientific investigation. Within comparatively recent years its chemical constitution, in particular the length of the chain molecule, has been approximately determined, though the view is gaining ground that the properties of normal cellulose only reflect the average characteristics of the ultimate units of cellulose of which it is composed.
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(1) An Introduction to the Chemistry of Cellulose (2) Die Chemie der Cellulose. Nature 143, 184 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143184a0
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