Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
delignification
The process by which
LIGNIN
is removed from cellulosic materials by means of chemical treatment. The residue that remains consists of cellulose, hemicelluloses, and other carbohydrate materials. (
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