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IN a previous report1, it was shown that, when wood and cellulose, pretreated with sodium hydroxide and afterwards freeze-dried, were rapidly heated in the cavity of an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometer to a temperature between 180° and 190° C, rapid formation of free radicals (radical centres) was recorded, and it was found that within a relatively short time free-radical decay took place, following approximately an exponential function. After cooling, a limited number of free radicals remained in the specimens; these free radicals were quite stable over a considerable period of time and were considered to be trapped by a ‘cage effect’ of the polymers.
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KLEINERT, T. Free Radical Formation in the Neutral Sulphitation of Wood at High Temperature. Nature 207, 631 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207631a0
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