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PURE cellulose is generally regarded as being perfectly insoluble in water, but experiments recently carried out in this laboratory indicate that pure cellulose is slightly soluble in pure water.
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STRACHAN, J. Solubility of Cellulose in Water. Nature 141, 332–333 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141332b0
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