Nanocellulose characterization with mechanical fractionation

Atsushi Tanaka; Veli Seppänen; Juha Houni; Asko Sneck; Pentti Pirkonen

doi:10.3183/NPPRJ-2012-27-04-p689-694

Nanocellulose characterization with mechanical fractionation

Atsushi Tanaka (Corresponding Author), Veli Seppänen, Juha Houni, Asko Sneck, Pentti Pirkonen

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Abstract

A novel fractionation method was developed to characterize nanocellulose in terms of particle size. The fractionation device ues screens or membranes with known size. The scale is in the range of micro to nano, so that NFCs can be size- or shape-fractionated accordingly. The procedure is somewhat analogous to the Bauer-McNett fiber classifier. The reproducibility of the obtained size profile was very good. The device can also produce size specific nano-celluloses, which could be applied for scientific research purposes, e.g. nano risk assessment. Fractionation with membrane filters was able to screen out almost all particles. However, the membrane permeate contained significant amounts of dissolved substances.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	689-694
Journal	Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal
Volume	27
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3183/NPPRJ-2012-27-04-p689-694
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Nanocellulose
fibril
fractionation
test methods
particle size

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SUNPAP: Scale-Up Nanoparticles in Modern Papermaking
Forsström, U. (Participant), Kinnunen, K. (Participant), Hohenthal, C. (Participant), Tanaka, A. (Participant) & Pajari, H. (Participant)
1/07/09 → 31/10/12
Project: EU project

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Nanocellulose characterization with mechanical fractionation

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