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Abstract:
Catalpa sawdust was respectively pretreated by NaOH, Ca(OH)2, H2SO4 and HCl solution, and the enzymatic hydrolysis of catalpa sawdust was significantly enhanced by alkaline pretreatments. In order to investigate the mechanisms of pretreatment of catalpa sawdust, the characteristics of catalpa sawdust before and after pretreatments were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. It was found that the surface of catalpa sawdust was disrupted by four kinds of chemical pretreatment, and the pretreatment with Ca(OH)2 solution resulted in the most serious damage. The XRD results showed that part of amorphous regions was damaged by alkaline pretreatments, which led to a relative increase of crystallinity Index (CrI) of catalpa sawdust; while the CrI of catalpa sawdust was insignificantly influenced by acid pretreatments. The FTIR analysis displayed that the molecular structures of hemicellulose and lignin of catalpa sawdust were damaged in different degrees by four types of pretreatment. The significant improvement of enzymatic hydrolysis of catalpa sawdust after alkaline pretreatment might be attributed to the effective delignification of alkaline.
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