Research Article
Microwave Assisted Alkali Pretreatment of Rice Straw for Enhancing Enzymatic Digestibility
Table 6
Crystallinity index of rice straw samples.
| S. number | Treatments | Crystalline index (CrI) % |
| 1 | Untreated rice straw | 52.2 | 2 | Blank (without addition of any chemicals) | 49.07 | 3 | NaOH-microwave pretreatment | 54.55 |
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