Objective TO FIND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING THE COMPONENTS OF LIGNIN WHICH COULD FORM CHEMICAL FEED STOCK FOR INDUSTRIAL USE. THERE IS A GROWING INTEREST IN THE USE OF LIGNIN, BUT GENERALLY ONLY LIGNOSULPHONATES FROM BISULPHITE ARE USED. THIS PROJECT WOULD TAKE LIGNIN FROM EUCALYPTUS SULPHATE PULPING - A GROWING COMMUNITY RESOURCE, AND CHEMICALLY TREAT IT TO DIVIDE IT INTO FRACTIONS OF DIFFERENT MOLECULAR WEIGHTS. ULTRAFILTRATION TECHNIQUES, TOGETHER WITH IR SPECTROSCOPY AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS WOULD AID IN ESTABLISHING THE CHEMICAL IDENTITY OF THE FRACTIONS. THIS ESTABLISHED, WORK WOULD PROCEED IN POSTULATING INDUSTRIAL USES FOR THE PRODUCTS. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringwoodworkingagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy Programme(s) FP1-RAWMAT 3C - Research programme (EEC) on materials (raw materials and advanced materials), 1986-1989 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Lancashire Tar Distillers Ltd EU contribution No data Address M30 5DT Manchester United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EMPRESA NACIONAL DE CELLULOSAS SO Spain EU contribution No data Address MADRID See on map Total cost No data Litchem Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address WN1 Wigan See on map Total cost No data
