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observed using column materials having aslightly anionic charge (GMPWXI <strong>and</strong><br />

CPG-10) <strong>and</strong> not when neutral column material (Toyopearl-75HW) was used<br />

(106),indicatinganexclusioneffect<strong>of</strong>theformercolumnmaterial.Byaddition<strong>of</strong><br />

CaI2 or NaI, the prehumps in the chromatograms were eliminated. Fleury et al.<br />

(104) thoroughly studied the humps <strong>of</strong> CDA from cotton linter <strong>and</strong> wood pulp<br />

samples seen in SEC by using polystyrene divinylbenzene (PS/DVB) columns<br />

<strong>and</strong> DMAc or NMP as mobile phase. The first eluting hump, the gel fraction, <strong>of</strong><br />

the cellulose acetate samples was isolated by ultracentrifugation <strong>of</strong> acetone<br />

solutions <strong>of</strong> the samples prior to SEC. The amount <strong>of</strong> microgels in thewood pulp<br />

acetate was more than twice that <strong>of</strong> the corresponding cotton linter sample. After<br />

hydrolysis <strong>of</strong> the microgel fraction, it was found that the cotton linter sample<br />

consists almost exclusively <strong>of</strong> glucose while that <strong>of</strong> wood pulp also contains<br />

xylose, mannose, <strong>and</strong> galactose. By x-ray <strong>and</strong> electron diffraction analysis it was<br />

foundthatthemicrogelfractionfromthecottonlintercorrespondstoCTA<strong>and</strong>the<br />

microgel fraction from the wood pulp sample is amixture <strong>of</strong> CTA <strong>and</strong> xylan<br />

diacetate. The reason for the remaining prehumps was attributed to ionic<br />

associations <strong>of</strong> remaining sulfate groups on the CDAwith residual calcium. The<br />

latter component proved to be directly correlated with size. By addition <strong>of</strong> 0.01 M<br />

LiBrorLiCltoDMAcorNMP,theioniceffectswereeliminated<strong>and</strong>prehumpsin<br />

the chromatogram were circumvented. Thus, the problems encountered with SEC<br />

characterizations<strong>of</strong>acetatescanberegardedassolvedutilizingLi-salt addition to<br />

the mobile phase, it being DMAc or NMP.<br />

4.4 Cellulose Tricarbanilate<br />

The first report concerning SEC application for characterization <strong>of</strong> cellulose<br />

triphenylcarbamate or tricarbanilate (CTC) was in 1968 (114). CTC is still the<br />

mostutilizedderivativeforSECstudiesondifferentkinds<strong>of</strong>cellulosesamples,for<br />

example, microcrystalline cellulose, cotton linters, dissolving pulps, paper grade<br />

pulps, paper, ramie, <strong>and</strong> linen. The advantages in using CTC for cellulose<br />

characterizations are complete substitution, no depolymerization during the<br />

derivatization procedure, the stability <strong>of</strong> the formed derivative, <strong>and</strong> solubility <strong>and</strong><br />

stability in THF.Fully substituted cellulose has anitrogen content <strong>of</strong> 8.09%,<br />

corresponding to a repeating unit molecular mass <strong>of</strong> 519. Thus, the large<br />

molecular mass is important to consider in order to select columns with<br />

appropriate exclusion limits. The columns used are exclusively packed with<br />

porous crosslinked polystyrene particles. Owing to the aromatic group in the<br />

carbanilate, UV detection has frequently been used for SEC <strong>of</strong> CTC. Differential<br />

refractiveindexdetectors(DRI)<strong>and</strong>on-linelight-scatteringdetectors,suchaslowangle<br />

laser light scattering (LALLS) <strong>and</strong> multi-angle laser light scattering<br />

(MALLS)detectors,havebeenusedoverthepastfewyears.CommonlyusedSEC<br />

conditions for characterization <strong>of</strong> CTCs are exemplified in Table 6.<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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