Ball Milling for Biomass Fractionation and Pretreatment with Aqueous ...
A promising approach in the selective separation and modification of cellulose from raw biomass under a mild alkali process was proposed. In our study, ball milling was applied to wheat straw prior to alkali treatment. With ball milling, ultrafine powder formed an amorphous microstructure and displayed a level of solubilization in aqueous NaOH higher than that of general ground samples. Alkali ...