Lignin composition issues

A mixture of three newspapers issued in Korea was used as substrate. Newspaper was cut into approx 0.5 x 0.5 cm pieces. The moisture of the paper was 6.8 wt% with the following composition 56.2 wt% glucan, 13.9 wt% xylan + mannan + galactan (XMG), 15.0 wt% klason lignin, and 7.4 wt% ash. The nonionic surfactants (TCI Tokyo Kasei Kogyo, Tokyo, Japan) used are listed in Table 1. 

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