Rapid Determination of the Lignin Content in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) Wood by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry
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João Costa e Silva
Summary
The rapid FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectroscopy technique was used to indirectly measure the lignin content of Sitka spruce wood samples.
A model was constructed to relate FTIR data to lignin content measured in wood by chemical analysis (i.e. the modified acetyl bromide method), through the application of the principal component regression (PCR) approach to a set of calibration observations. The acetyl bromide method provided lignin determinations ranging from 24% to 34% with a measurement error of 0.6%. A residual standard deviation of 0.8% and an average prediction error of 0.9% were calculated for lignin content when employing the selected PCR model (based on a normalized infrared data set, obtained using the band at 1374 cm−1 as a reference) to indirectly measure this wood property. Furthermore, a large portion of the variability in lignin content was explained by the two principal components retained in the selected calibration model, as indicated by the magnitude (i.e. 0.93) of the coefficient of multiple determination.
The model was subsequently employed to predict the lignin content of wood samples collected in a clonal experiment. Two multivariate diagnostic measures were applied to assess the quality of the individual predictions, and the results indicated that the spectral information contained in the new sample vectors was suitable for use with the selected calibration model.
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- Reduction of Weathering Degradation of Wood Through Plasma-Polymer Coating
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Species Index
- Contents
- Production of Polygalacturonase and Increase of Longitudinal Gas Permeability in Southern Pine by Brown-Rot and White-Rot Fungi
- Components of Steamed and Non-Steamed Japanese Larch (Larix leptolepis (Sieb. et Zucc.) Gord.) Heartwood Affecting the Feeding Behavior of the Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
- Effect of Soluble Nutrient Content in Wood on its Susceptibility to Soft Rot and Bacterial Attack in Ground Test
- Carboxylic Acids of Moroccan Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract
- What Factors Control Dimerization of Coniferyl Alcohol?
- Atmospheric Acetic Acid Pulping of Rice Straw IV: Physico-Chemical Characterization of Acetic Acid Lignins from Rice Straw and Woods. Part 2. Chemical Structures
- Rapid Determination of the Lignin Content in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) Wood by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry
- Lignin Analysis by Permanganate Oxidation. II. Lignins in Acidic Organosolv Pulps
- Lignin Depolymerization in Hydrogen-Donor Solvents
- Species Effects on Wood-Liquefaction in Polyhydric Alcohols
- NMR Analysis of Oxidative Alkaline Extraction Stage Lignins
- Reduction of Weathering Degradation of Wood Through Plasma-Polymer Coating
- VOC Extraction from Softwood Through Low-Headspace Heating
- Localization of Wood Improvement Compounds by Microautoradiography and ESEM
- Laser Ablation of Machined Wood Surfaces. 2. Effect on End-Grain Gluing of Pine (Pinus silvestris L.)
- Multi-Component Mixture Modeling for the Dielectric Properties of Rubber Wood at Microwave Frequencies
- Adsorption of Liquids and Swelling of Wood IV. Temperature Dependence on the Adsorption
- Prevention of Extractive Leaching by Chemical Treatments of Wood Surface
