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Table 4 Effects of enzymatic pretreatments in crystallinity and physical properties of the films obtained after mechanical fibrillation

From: Assessing the enzymatic effects of cellulases and LPMO in improving mechanical fibrillation of cotton linters

 

Crystallinity (%)

Transparency (%)

Density (g cm−3)

Bekk smoothness (s)

Upper face

Lower face

Upper face

R

89.1 ± 0.1

27.8 ± 0.9

28.0 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

15 ± 4

Ck

88.5 ± 0.5

35.9 ± 3.7

36.0 ± 3.7

0.8 ± 0.1

10 ± 1

C9

90.3 ± 0.2

54.3 ± 0.4

52.9 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.1

29 ± 5

C50

91.4 ± 0.1

83.4 ± 0.5

83.2 ± 1.1

1.1 ± 0.0

46 ± 6

CF

91.0 ± 0.3

74.9 ± 0.7

73.8 ± 0.5

1.1 ± 0.1

53 ± 2

Cll

91.4 ± 0.2

75.7 ± 0.9

74.7 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.0

34 ± 2

Cmix

92.4 ± 0.2

86.1 ± 0.5

85.9 ± 1.5

0.9 ± 0.0

50 ± 6

Sk

89.0 ± 0.2

52.9 ± 1.8

51.5 ± 2.3

0.8 ± 0.1

11 ± 2

S

90.5 ± 0.5

60.0 ± 0.4

60.9 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.0

10 ± 2

SCmix

92.5 ± 0.1

85.6 ± 0.5

85.3 ± 0.5

1.1 ± 0.1

53 ± 1

L_Tempo

89.8 ± 0.1

38.9 ± 3.2

37.8 ± 1.8

0.9 ± 0.1

14 ± 3

Com

81.1 ± 0.2

66.2 ± 0.7

66.7 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.0

19 ± 3

  1. R (initial refined pulp), Ck (cellulase control treatment), C9 (Cel9B), C50 (Sertec20 cellulase), CF (Fibercare cellulase), Cll (Celluclast cellulase), Cmix (cellulase mixture consisting in Fibercare and Celluclast), Sk (LPMO control treatment), S (LPMO), SCmix (LPMO and Cmix), L_Tempo (Laccase_Tempo treatment) and Com (commercial NFC)