Authors: Olga Biganska Patrick Navard
Publish Date: 2008/10/11
Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-
Abstract
The precipitation in aqueous media of cellulose from solutions in Nmethylmorpholine Noxide NMMO hydrates is an important stage in the process of manufacturing of fibres films and other cellulose objects It is responsible for the formation of the structure of the regenerated object and their morphological characteristics significantly influence the properties of the final products Regeneration of rather large cellulose objects was observed in situ by optical microscopy It was found that all regenerated objects present an asymmetric structure composed of a dense skin surrounding a sublayer characterised by the presence of fingerlike voids The porous texture of the cellulose parts between these voids is typical of the one obtained by spinodal decomposition The morphologies of regenerated cellulose samples are described as a function of various parameters initial cellulose solutions and composition and temperature of the aqueous regeneration bath A mechanism of the structure formation during regeneration is proposed
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