Faculty :
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
MODULE TITLE:
WOODTECH
Semester:
2024/2025 winter semester
ECTS:
5
teaching hrs :
138
Hemicellulose (polyoses) - nature and classification, softwood and heartwood hemicelluloses, reactions. Lignin – occurrence, structure, properties, lignin-polysaccharide complex, reactions. Extractives. Terpens, fatty acids, coloring matter – occurrence, properties, chemical composition. Inorganic composition. Wood pulping. Determination of wood components solubility in water, alkali and ethanol. Determination of polysaccharides and lignin. Hydrolysis, etherification and esterification of cellulose.