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The tangled biomass properties of dry biomass give it a complex and rigid crystallinity structure which makes it tougher to process. Despite, the intrinsic source of hydrogen and carbon, the processing of the lignocellulose biomass is limited due to the substantial amount of the oxygen. Woody biomass/lignocellulose is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Cellulose is a long chain polysaccharide with high molecular weight and high degree of polymerisation due to the monomer glucose molecules being stiffly bonded by strong intra – and inter-molecular interactions. Hemicellulose is a branched structure hetero polymer with amorphous structure consisting of pentose and hexose as a polymer and is weaker in comparison to cellulose. Lignin possess similar morphological characteristic of amorphous form as hemicellulose, less solubility similar to cellulose and behaviour of hydrophobic nature <ref name="ref2" />. | The tangled biomass properties of dry biomass give it a complex and rigid crystallinity structure which makes it tougher to process. Despite, the intrinsic source of hydrogen and carbon, the processing of the lignocellulose biomass is limited due to the substantial amount of the oxygen. Woody biomass/lignocellulose is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Cellulose is a long chain polysaccharide with high molecular weight and high degree of polymerisation due to the monomer glucose molecules being stiffly bonded by strong intra – and inter-molecular interactions. Hemicellulose is a branched structure hetero polymer with amorphous structure consisting of pentose and hexose as a polymer and is weaker in comparison to cellulose. Lignin possess similar morphological characteristic of amorphous form as hemicellulose, less solubility similar to cellulose and behaviour of hydrophobic nature <ref name="ref2" />. | ||
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