Investigation on Synthesis of Hydrogel Starting from Vietnamese Pineapple Leaf Waste-Derived Carboxymethylcellulose

Table 2

The yield and DS of synthesized CMC with various NaOH concentrations.

	NaOH, %wt.
	8	12	16	20
HCMC, %	162.1	170.3	178.8	172.6
DS	0.64	0.72	0.91	0.86