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Analytics and Structure

Lignin is a highly complex natural polymer known to be formed by three types of basic monomers and characterized by a multitude of linkages typical for the substance. The complete and detailed structure of lignin is not known. This is due to the fact that there are many different types of lignin, as well as that every lignin type has a different and highly complex structure. However its structure can be quite readily analysed in terms of a certain amount of basic parameters, which allows to obtain characteristic data that can be used for explaining performance and properties of lignin.

Although some analytical methods are still under development, there is already a huge amount of analytical work available in a big number of publications. Several review books and collections of protocols give overviews on these methods and most of them are easily reproducible. For practical purposes, a set of analytical parameters that are expected to be significant for a given objective can be selected (analytical cluster) and used for characterization of the lignins involved. This type of approach gives usually satisfactory results for research, product specification and quality control purposes.

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Overviews

Odor

Various

Molar Mass

Spectroscopy

Standards

NMR

Calorimetry

Functional groups

Specific Raw Materials

Evaluation of methods for composition, functional groups and molecular mass on a Lignin fractionated by ultrafiltration

Italic 5 and COST FP0602, Varenna Italy, 2009

A. Abächerli, T.Q. Nguyen, J. Lora, S. Lepifre, R. Gosselink, U. von Arx

Lignin molecular mass determination using SEC/MALDI-TOF-MS

Northern Wood Biorefinery Conference (NWBC), Stockholm 2014

A. Jacobs, F. Chedid, F. Aldaeus

SEC of Lignins

Workshop of ILI Forum 8, Rome 2007

G. Reinhold

Is GPC applicable to Lignin?

Workshop of ILI Forum 8, Rome 2007 and LignoAnalyse 2 project

Tuan Q. Nguyen, Alfred Abächerli

Lignin and hemicellulose characterization for the biorefinery

Northern Wood Biorefinery Conference (NWBC), Stockholm 2014

A. Jacobs, F. Aldaeus

A new model for the structure of Lignosulfonates

ILI Forum 7, Barcelona 2005

Bernt O. Myrvold

Recent Postings

Database

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  • Overviews
  • Molar Mass
  • Functional Groups
  • NMR
  • Specific Raw Materials
  • Calorimetry
  • Spectrocopy
  • Various

Overviews

Molar Mass

Functional Groups

NMR

Specific Raw Materials

Calorimetry

Spectrocopy

Various

Comprehensive Lignin analysis by quantitative 13C NMR spectrocopy: Possibilities and limitations

ISWFPC, Vienna , 2015

M. Balakshin, E. Capanema

Towards optimal methodology to assess molecular structure of native and technical Lignins

13th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp (EWLP), Sevilla, Spain, 2014

M. Balakshin, E. Capanema

Characterisation of technical Lignins by NMR spectroscopy

13th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp (EWLP), Sevilla, Spain, 2014

P. Korntner, M. Bacher, I. Sumerskii, T. Rosenau, A. Potthast

A rapid method for the simultaneous titration of phenolic hydroxyl and carboxyl groups in industrial Lignins

13th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp (EWLP), Sevilla, Spain, 2014

F. Bardot, M. Feydeau, G.Mortha

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