Local Sources for Production of Nitrocellulose

Sugarcane bagasse, rice straw, durra stalk, and groundnut shell are these troublesome agricultural waste? Not so? They can produce one of the most useful materials, don't throw them away! They may give you alpha-cellulose. Cellulose is the material of life! It is as abundant as the greenery of the earth, but ... there are more than one cellulose type! Only alpha-cellulose can produce nitrocellulose. Search for it! This is what this book is about.

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Mohamed Talballa El-Sheikh BS (Chem,Am Univ of Beirut) MA (Science Curriculum, Columbia,NY) MS (Chem, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor) MSE (Mat Eng, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor) PhD (Met Eng & Phys Chem, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor).Dept Head, Chem Dept, Higher Inst of Educ.Dean, College of Eng Science, Omdurman Islamic University