In order to understand the chemical reactivity and the relative susceptibility of I and I β cellulose allomorphs of some tropical hardwoods with coupling agents bearing succinic moiety, their cellulose fibers were isolated and esterified by succinic anhydride molecule heated at 120 °C for 4 h in dimethylformamide(DMF)/pyridine(Py) used as swelling solvent. The morphological structure of Testulea gabonensis (T. gabonensis), Julbernardia pellegriniana (J. pellegriniana), Aucoumea klaineana (A. klaineana) and Tieghemella africana (T. africana) fibers were characterized by the MORFI® apparatus. The fibers were the longest for T. africana (769 m), J. pellegriniana (717 m) and T. gabonensis (700 m) while those from A. klaineana were the shortest (624 m). No difference was found between T. gabonensis, A. klaineana and T. africana fibers width which varied from 24.0 to 24.2 m while J. pellegriniana cellulose exhibited the smallest width (18.6 m). The cellulose fibers of T. gabonensis, T. africana and J. pellegriniana displayed the better reactivity as revealed by their respective weigh per cent gains: 16.57 1.11%, 14.16 0.67% and 12.96 0.77% compared with A. klaineana (11.85 0.62%). The latter exhibited the lowest decrease of crystallinity among those cellulose esters. Nevertheless, solid state 13 C NMR showed a strong reactivity of amorphous cellulose and chains exposed on crystal surfaces than interior crystallite chains. Any evidence of I and I allomorphs esterification was found in those cellulose fibers with the exception of T. africana which displayed a decrease of I and I allomorphs without a preferential reactivity of I cellulose. The trend of heterogeneous phase esterification of cellulose fibers with succinic anhydride in DMF/Py at 120 °C for 4 hours to be merely controlled by amorphous phase and chains exposed on crystal surface was discussed.
fonction des excès d'air de combustion pour les trois mélanges combustibles montre que l'évolution de la composition des déchets n'a pas d'impact significatif sur le process de combustion et sur la formation des polluants. Ceux-ci sont principalement dépendants des conditions de combustion et notamment de la répartition des airs comburants.
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