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Table 1 Mass recovery and crystallinity of the raw and pretreated A. donax under different conditions

From: Facile isothermal solid acid catalyzed ionic liquid pretreatments to enhance the combined sugars production from Arundo donax Linn.

Samples

Pretreatment conditions

Recovered A. donax (%)

CrI (%)

LOI

[C4mim]Cl

Amberlyst 35DRY

Raw

Untreated

Untreated

100

36.0

1.43

R90-1.0

90 °C 3 h

90 °C 1.0 h

95.4

29.4

0.93

R100-1.0

100 °C 3 h

100 °C 1.0 h

78.4

31.4

0.58

R110-1.0

110 °C 3 h

110 °C 1.0 h

58.0

24.7

0.63

R120-0.5

120 °C 3 h

120 °C 0.5 h

66.1

23.2

0.53

R120-1.0

120 °C 3 h

120 °C 1.0 h

46.7

25.8

1.03

R120-1.5

120 °C 3 h

120 °C 1.5 h

31.7

27.3

0.56

R130-0.5

130 °C 3 h

130 °C 0.5 h

53.5

25.2

0.86

R140-0.5

140 °C 3 h

140 °C 0.5 h

28.2

25.8

1.15

R150-0.5

150 °C 3 h

150 °C 0.5 h

25.8

16.5

13.78