OH-groups in a sheet of paper

[revinsideAAA]

what chemical method to determine the number of OH-groups in a sheet of paper?

 

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[studiot]

22 minutes ago, revinsideAAA said:

what chemical method to determine the number of OH-groups in a sheet of paper?

Perhaps if you were to make your query more specific(and preferably in normal text) someone might be able to help.

Do you mean in the cellulose ?

[revinsideAAA]

3 hours ago, studiot said:

Perhaps if you were to make your query more specific(and preferably in normal text) someone might be able to help.

Do you mean in the cellulose ?

Yes

[studiot]

Well the monomer has three OH groups (two direct and one CH₂OH)  and there are several thousand monomers in a particular cellulose polymer.

So how long is your piece of string?

Do you want to dissolve some in carbon disulphide and spectroscopically check out the amount in the cellulose xanthate for instance?