High-solids enzymatic hydrolysis of ball-milled corn stover with reduced slurry viscosity and improved sugar yields

Table 1 Physicochemical properties of BMCS

	D₅₀ (um)	CrI (%)	PV^a (cm³ g⁻¹)	Porosity (%)	Bulk density (g cm⁻³)	Cellulose (%)	Hemicellulose (%)	Lignin (%)
BMCS0	286.58 ± 0.62	46.52	2.673	78.88	0.295	37.5 ± 0.3	22.7 ± 0.1	18.2 ± 0.2
BMCS10	75.23 ± 0.77	42.37	2.421	76.96	0.318	NM^b	NM	NM
BMCS20	32.66 ± 0.38	26.37	1.823	71.62	0.393	NM	NM	NM
BMCS30	16.51 ± 0.52	21.03	1.187	62.05	0.523	37.2 ± 0.5	22.3 ± 0.3	18.5 ± 0.1
BMCS60	12.56 ± 0.16	9.86	0.943	56.55	0.597	NM	NM	NM
BMCS120	14.63 ± 0.26	5.04	0.935	56.22	0.602	37.1 ± 0.2	21.9 ± 0.1	18.3 ± 0.2

^aPore with diameter > 3 nm, i.e., mesopore and macropore (including inter-cellular space, cell lumen and some space between particles)
^bNM not measured