<Preliminary>Change of X-ray Diffraction Peaks in Aliphatic Cellulose Ester Homologues

Abstract

While characterizing aliphatic cellulose ester homologues using various instruments we have noticed that their first (the largest) X-ray diffraction peak always moved toward smaller angle (larger spacing) as the number of carbon in the acyl group was increased. This phenomenon might give us an insight of the molecular structure of the cellulose ester homologues, and it is reported as a preliminary.