Table 8: Variation of time and natural log of reaction rate for 1 w/w% NaOH pretreatment of Napier grass.

Time, mins	ln(ΔC/Δt) mg/mLmin at 80°C	ln(ΔC/Δt) mg/mLmin at 90°C	ln(ΔC/Δt) mg/mLmin at 100°C	ln(ΔC/Δt) mg/mLmin at 110°C	lnΔC/Δt) mg/mLmin at 120°C
0	-	-	-	-	-
10	-5.27851	-4.17339	-4.06868	-4.44817	-3.142
20	-4.97623	-4.05129	-3.85848	-3.83044	-3.05336
30	-4.74443	-3.94248	-3.68489	-3.45144	-2.97202
40	-4.55638	-3.84436	-3.53702	-3.17725	-2.89679
50	-4.39816	-3.75502	-3.40822	-2.9623	-2.82683
60	-4.26158	-3.67301	-3.29414	-2.78547	-2.76145
70	-4.14144	-3.59721	-3.19175	-2.63526	-2.70008
80	-4.03419	-3.52676	-3.09887	-2.5047	-2.64226
90	-3.93734	-3.46095	-3.0139	-2.38923	-2.5876
100	-3.84905	-3.79602	-2.93558	-2.28573	-2.53578