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“Treatment of cellulose I with aqueous sodium hydroxide (16.5 percent by weight) resulted in formation of cellulose II, but also produced a much less crystalline cellulose.”
“The reactivity of cellulose for some dissolving and derivatization processes is shown to be improved by an enzymatic hydrolysis and admixture with sodium hydroxide.”
“At high enzyme levels, sodium hydroxide pretreatment is almost as effective in enhancing cellulose conversion after 24 h as is pretreatment using the cellulose solvent.”