22—THE PREPARATION OF ACIDIC OXYCELLULOSES BY THE ACTION OF ALKALINE HYPOBROMITE ON COTTON CELLULOSE

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The oxidation of cotton cellulose by alkaline hypobromite in the dark has been studied over a range of oxygen consumption up to 0·4 atom per glucose unit. It leads to a progressive loss of weight by the cellulose owing to the formation of carbon dioxide and other soluble oxidation products; some of the latter are further oxidized in the solution. The variation of the copper number, fluidity in cuprammonium, and carboxyl content of the resulting oxycelluloses with oxygen consumption has been determined. The oxidation is greatly accelerated by light.

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