The dilute acid hydrolysis of Tasmanian woods in percolation apparatus.

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Investigations in the field of wood hydrolysis at the University of Tasmania were planned in a general way by Professor E. E. Kurth in 1940-41 and laboratory work was commenced in 1942 by B. J. Ralph B.Sc. and A.B. Wardrop M.Sc. They published a paper on the dilute acid autoclaving of e.obliqua in the April 1946 idition of the Journal of the Australian Chemical Institute. The investigations carried out since February 1944 are described in this paper. In 1944 M.H.R. Shipp B.Sc. and D. H. Foster B.Sc. continued the work on wood hydrolysis under the direction of Mr. B. J4 Ralph. .Whereas previous experiments had been confined to an autoclave the hydrolytic process was now carried out in a percolator in which dilute acid was passed continuously through the wood. They made a preliminary investigation on the effect of the variables of temperature and time on the hydrolysis of a sample of e.obliqua. In 1945 Shipp and 0. G. Ingles B.Sc. modified the percolator, and under the direction of Mr. B

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