Cellulose

and occupy different habitats. The oyster mushrooms live on tree roots and decompose dying hardwood trees; the button mushrooms live in grasslands and decompose manure; and shiitake mushrooms decompose dying deciduous trees. To decompose the cellulose found in the cell wall of plants, mushrooms use the enzyme cellobiase. Cellobiase is important because it is the rate limiting enzyme in the production of glucose (Wei et al., 2012). In this experiment the substrate for cellobiase, cellobiose,…

As a chemical engineer for a large chemical manufacturer I developed an excel tool that analyzed sales trends for our products and compared the sales history to trends in customer requests for those products. This tool identified markets and applications where customers were asking for information about products but they were not placing orders. I hypothesized that by analyzing these gaps we could discover when our customers were evaluating our product for a potential new application. This would…

Lignocellulosic biomass consists of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, proteins, acids, salts and minerals. Chemical composition is also one of the important factors for biofuel production. Moisture content of raw pearl millet biomass was (8 %) and ash content (6.27 %) was obviously higher than that the literature report of 3.8 % (Dhabhai et al., 2012). The proximate analysis of pearl millet biomass revealed that moisture (8±0.32%), ash (6.27±0.08%), total solids (92±0.14%), water extractives…

or rigid board, and reflective. Insulation Batts Adelaide and roll insulation: Blanket insulation is another name given for batts. It resembles a blanket, which you should lay out flat on the ceiling, floor, and walls. Fiberglass, Rockwool, and cellulose are the most commonly used materials for Insulation Batts Adelaide. OK, let's get to know about each type a bit better. * Fiberglass insulation: Made out of tiny fibers of glass. One of the earliest forms of thermal insulation that has been…

instead of tree based materials because hemp bast metals are stronger than tree based materials. We use the dumbest possible way to make paper, trees are made up of only 30% cellulose. The rest of the tree has to be removed using toxic chemicals and bleach, until the cellulose can be formed into paper. Where as hemp is 85% cellulose due to this, hemp makes a stronger paper without the need for toxic chemicals or bleach. It would be incredibly stupid for humans not to use hemp instead of wood.…

around to produce ethanol for all machinery. Also, too much fossil fuel is involved in its production to provide any significant economic growth. Many experts believe that a better way to produce ethanol will be from the cellulose in grasses and saplings (Biofuels Facts, 1). If cellulose can be used instead of corn sugar, it could be more efficient and emit less greenhouse gases.…

If you want a dye that chemically combines to your shirt so it doesn’t come out, I would suggest getting a fiber reactive dye. Fiber reactive dyes form covalent bonds between the dye you use and the fiber. The dye permanently attaches to the cellulose fibers using a covalent bond. Covalent bonds are the strongest bonds so the dye and the fiber will not easily break apart. The molecules that bond to the fiber carry along with them a chromophore which absorbs different spectrums of light,…

3. Results and discussion 3.1. Grafting of CNT on the ramie fabric The schematic representation for the mechanism of ramie fiber surface treatments is shown in Fig. 2. For the alkali treatment of ramie fiber, the NaOH reacts with the hydroxyl groups of the ramie fiber as shown in Fig. 2(a). During silane treatment, the hydrolysis of silane takes place initially (Fig. 2(b)) which then reacts with the active hydroxyl functionalities in ramie fiber (Fig. 2(c)). Each silane molecule has three…

The results from this experiment show that caffeine can be extracted from a tea bag due to solubility properties of the natural substances found in tea. The two major substances that the caffeine was separated from are cellulose and tannins. Due to the insolubility of cellulose in water, it was easily extracted. Tannins are soluble in water but were neutralized with sodium carbonate to produce water-soluble salts. Caffeine is soluble in methylene chloride which allowed separation of tannins from…

The structure and function of carbohydrates (25 Marks) Carbohydrates are made from Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (O). A monosaccharide is the monomer sub unit of carbohydrates and can be joined together through a condensation reaction to form a glycosidic bond between the two monomers which is known as a disaccharide. The above diagram shows a condensation reaction taking place. There is a reaction between two monomer sub units, in this case α-glucose and ethanol, which involves the…