Degumming of remie

Degumming of remie is a long and complex procedure. Different degumming technologies [67-72] use different auxiliaries. Besides boiling-off, other treatments such as scuthing, washing in acid solution and water etc. directly effect the sheen and gum content of the mass of cleaned fibre. 

In chemical degumming of remie, hot caustic soda solution of about 10% (o. w.f) is used to dissolve pectic substances. Apart from this, sodium phosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium metasilicate, sodium sulphite can also be used for degumming of remie. 

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