Fourier Transform Raman Difference Spectroscopy for Detection of Lignin Oxidation Products in Thermomechanical Pulp

Abstract

Spruce thermomechanical pulp (TMP) was oxidized by the 2,29′-azinobis-3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate cation radical (ABTS•+) in the presence and absence of oxygen. The pulp modification was monitored by Fourier transform (FT) Raman difference spectroscopy and other nondestructive spectroscopic methods. The ABTS•+ oxidative system resulted in modifications very similar to the laccase–ABTS–oxygen system, except for the FT-Raman results, which showed a difference in mechanisms attributed to a difference in produced Raman bands. Oxygen resulted in no oxygen-derived products, but only enhanced the production of a specific Raman band of several oxidation-produced bands. Detailed information on lignin reactions can be obtained from FT-Raman signals.

Keywords

Lignin Oxidation ABTS Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy FT-Raman Thermomechanical pulp TMP Radicals

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