Evidence for Two Types of Accessible Surfaces in Fibrous Cotton

Abstract

Diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-cellulose, prepared at low DS and without change in crystallinity from that of the original cottons, was subjected to hydrolysis with 2.5 N HCI for various lengths of time ranging from 20 min to 5 hr. The yield of DEAE-hydrocellulose (insoluble fraction) ranged from 90.5% at 20 min to 79.2% at 5 hr. Throughout the hydrolysis, the percent nitrogen in the solubilized fraction was triple that in the insoluble fraction. Gas-liquid chroma tographic analysis to determine the distribution of substituents in the solubilized and insoluble fractions showed that the ratio of substituents in the 2-0- and 6-0-positions was higher in the insoluble fraction than in the solubilized frac tion. The 3-0-/6-0-ratio was higher in the solubilized fraction than in the insoluble fraction. The significance of these results as supporting evidence for two types of accessible surfaces of crystalline elementary fibrils in fibrous cotton cellu lose is discussed.

Keywords

Print cloth cloth. DEAE-cotton DEAE-hydrocellulose. Lead chloride. Chemically modified cotton. Hy drolysis DS moisture regain crystalline order insoluble fraction soluble fraction position ratios x-ray diffractograms accessibility (order/disorder). Accessible surfaces (two types). Fibrous cotton. Gas-liquid chromatography wet- cure.

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