• Title of article

    An improved technique for the batch processing of small wholewood samples to α-cellulose

  • Author/Authors

    Loader، نويسنده , , N.J. and Robertson، نويسنده , , I. K. Barker، نويسنده , , A.C. and Switsur، نويسنده , , V.R. and Waterhouse، نويسنده , , J.S.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    313
  • To page
    317
  • Abstract
    We present details of a modified technique for the extraction of α-cellulose from wood samples. The revised technique, based upon the sodium chlorite oxidation method of Green (1963) utilises an ultrasonic bath and small Soxhlet thimbles to prepare α-cellulose from silvers of wholewood. These modifications facilitate the rapid batch processing of small wholewood samples to α-cellulose and yield a material with sufficient homogeneity as required for palaeoclimatic reconstruction.
  • Keywords
    ?-Cellulose , Stable carbon isotopes , Palaeoclimate reconstruction , Soxhlet thimble
  • Journal title
    Chemical Geology
  • Serial Year
    1997
  • Journal title
    Chemical Geology
  • Record number

    2255535