Table 3: Variation of time and rate of reaction for 1 w/w% NaOH pretreatment of Napier grass.

Time, mins ΔC/Δt
mg/mL.min
at 80°C
ΔC/Δt
mg/mL.min
at 90°C
ΔC/Δt
mg/mL.min
at 100°C
ΔC/Δt
mg/mL.min
at 110°C
ΔC/Δt
mg/mL.min
at 120°C
0 - - - - -
10 0.0051 0.0154 0.0171 0.0117 0.0432
20 0.0069 0.0174 0.0211 0.0217 0.0472
30 0.0087 0.0194 0.0251 0.0317 0.0512
40 0.0105 0.0214 0.0291 0.0417 0.0552
50 0.0123 0.0234 0.0331 0.0517 0.0592
60 0.0141 0.0254 0.0371 0.0617 0.0632
70 0.0159 0.0274 0.0411 0.0717 0.0672
80 0.0177 0.0294 0.0451 0.0817 0.0712
90 0.0195 0.0314 0.0491 0.0917 0.0752
100 0.0213 0.02246 0.0531 0.1017 0.0792