Wood chemistry

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.