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FTIR spectrum of the liquefied material is very different from the original material, and solid residue spectra seem to indicate that there is higher liquefaction of polysaccharides when compared with lignin since there is a higher absorption at 1,600\u2009cm<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>and lower absorption at 1,040\u2009cm<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>and that liquefied compounds are probably in smaller molecules.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1515\/opag-2022-0072","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,19]],"date-time":"2022-04-19T16:03:31Z","timestamp":1650384211000},"page":"249-256","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Liquefaction and chemical composition of walnut shells"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Idalina","family":"Domingos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CERNAS-IPV Research Centre, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu , Campus Polit\u00e9cnico, Repeses , 3504-510 Viseu , Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CERNAS-IPV Research Centre, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu , Campus Polit\u00e9cnico, Repeses , 3504-510 Viseu , Portugal"}]},{"given":"Lu\u00edsa P.","family":"Cruz-Lopes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CERNAS-IPV Research Centre, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu , Campus Polit\u00e9cnico, Repeses , 3504-510 Viseu , Portugal"}]},{"given":"Bruno","family":"Esteves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CERNAS-IPV Research Centre, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu , Campus Polit\u00e9cnico, Repeses , 3504-510 Viseu , Portugal"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"2022092113085823348_j_opag-2022-0072_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kar Y. 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