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Table 1 Overview of pretreatment experiments and experimental conditions

From: Steam explosion pretreatment of softwood: the effect of the explosive decompression on enzymatic digestibility

T/°C	p _abs/bar	t/min	log R ₀/–	Δp explosion/bar
184	11	5	3.2	10
184	11	5	3.2	2.5^a
210	19	5	3.9	18
210	19	5	3.9	2.5^a
235	31	2.5	4.4	30
235	31	5	4.7	30
235	31	10	5.0	30
235	31	15	5.2	30
235	31	20	5.3	30
235	31	2.5	4.4	2.5^a
235	31	5	4.7	2.5^a
235	31	10	5.0	2.5^a
235	31	15	5.2	2.5^a
235	31	20	5.3	2.5^a
235	31	10	5.0	5
235	31	10	5.0	7.5
235	31	10	5.0	10
235	31	10	5.0	15
235	31	10	5.0	20
235	31	10	5.0	25

^aExperiments with a Δp of 2.5 bar are referred to as experiments “without explosion”

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