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Figure 9

From: Effects of pretreatment on morphology, chemical composition and enzymatic digestibility of eucalyptus bark: a potentially valuable source of fermentable sugars for biofuel production – part 1

Figure 9

Surface images obtained by SEM on eucalyptus bark samples treated different NaOH concentrations: (a) and (b) NaOH 0.5%; (c) and (d) NaOH 1.0%. The amount of surface residues decrease with the alkaline treatment and neighboring cell bundles start to separate in the longitudinal direction.

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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

ISSN: 2731-3654

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