On the degradation evolution equations of cellulose

Cellulose degradation is usually characterized in terms of either the chain scission number or the scission fraction of cellulose unit as a function of degree of polymerisation (DP) and cellulose degradation evolution equation is most commonly described by the well known Ekenstam equations. In this paper we show that cellulose degradation can be best characterized either in terms of the percentage DP loss or in terms of the percentage tensile...