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Table 5.1 Chemical compositions (in % dry weight) of various lignocellulosic
biomass materials.
Lignocellulosic biomass Cellulose Hemicellulose Lignin References
materials (%) (%) (%)
Alfalfa straw 31.00 10.00 10.00 [26]
Bagasse 54.87 16.52 23.33 [27 29]
Bamboo 45 50 18 20 23.00 [30,31]
26 43 15 26 21 31
Banana waste 13.20 14.80 14.00 [14,28 30,32]
Barley straw 45.00 38.00 19.00 [33]
Bermuda grass 32.40 24.80 20.33 [34]
Biomass sorghum 22.20 19.40 21.40 [35]
Corn cobs 45.00 35.00 15.00 [14,18,36 38]
Corn fiber 13.00 38.80 7.50 [39]
Corn stover 38.00 26.01 19.00 [29]
34.50 27.70 16.50 [40]
Corn straw 35.00 28.00 17.00 [40]
Cotton stalk 31.00 11.00 30.00 [41]
Coffee pulp 35.00 46.30 18.80 [30]
Cotton seed hairs 80 95 5 20 0.00 [30,42]
Cucumber plant 17.00 17.00 3.00 [43 44]
Eucalyptus 38 45 12 13 25 37 [45]
Giant reed leaves 20.90 17.70 25.40 [46]
Giant reed stalk 33.00 18.50 24.50 [46]
Grasses 25 40 25 50 10 30 [7,29]
Green bean 17.00 16.00 8.00 [43,44]
Hardwood 40 55 24 40 18 25 [27 29]
Hybrid poplar 40.00 22.00 24.00 [47]
Jute fibers 45 53 18 21 21 26 [48]
Loblolly pine 35.00 16.80 29.00 [49]
Lodgepole pine 44.90 22.60 26.80 [50]
Malt residue 22.40 34.20 3.00 [51]
Miscanthus 38 48 19 30 12 25 [26,52 54]
Monterey pine 41.70 20.50 25.90 [47]
General MSW 33 49 9 16 10 14 [30]
Napier grass 45.70 33.70 20.60 [55,56]
Newspaper 40 55 25 40 18 30 [42,55]
Nut shells 25 30 30 40 [27 29]
Oat straw 33.00 23.00 21.00 [57 59]
Office paper 68.60 12.40 11.30 [60]
Oilseed rape 27.30 20.50 14.20 [61]
Olive mill waste 17.3 24.1 7.9 11.0 0.21 14.1 [62]
Pea vines 40.00 10.00 9.00 [59,63]
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