The necessity for swelling cellulose in chemical and textile processes gives rise to the demand for a new and more rapid technique for the determination of the degree of swelling. The method described here is based upon the displacement of the swelling agent with propanol-2, which allows no further swelling and permits removal of extraneous fluid by centrifuging.
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