Electrochemical treatment of lignins
AssigneeThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Her Britannic Majesty's Goverment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
InventorsJames H. P. Utley, Carment Z. Smith
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Abstract
Lignin is cleaved electrolytically into smaller molecules than the starting lignin by passage of electric current through an aqueous alkaline solution of lignin at a temperature above 100.degree. C. while mixing. The yield is greater than 6%.
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A process for the cleavage of lignin at a yield greater than 6% wherein by passage of an electric current through an aqueous alkaline solution of the lignin at a temperature above 100.degree. C. whilst maintaining mixing of the soluton the lignin is cleaved into smaller molecules than the starting lignin.
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