Everything about Mercerisation

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: MercerisationA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Retain strength, gain ductility: tough and transparent nanopapers by mercerisationInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: MercerisingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Structural Changes of Cellulose Crystallites Induced by Mercerisation in Different Solvent Systems; Determined by Powder X-ray Diffraction MethodCited 109 times
5. Go sideways: Wet process engineeringA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: ParchmentisingA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Structural Changes of Cellulose Crystallites Induced by Mercerisation in Different Solvent Systems; Determined by Powder X-ray Diffraction Method

  Paavo Mansikkamäki, Manu Lahtinen, Kari Rissanen · 2005 · Cellulose · 109 citations

• Mercerisation of cellulose in aqueous NaOH at low concentrations

  B. J. C. Duchemin · 2015 · Green Chemistry · 64 citations

• Novel cotton cellulose by cationisation during the mercerisation process—part 1: chemical and morphological changes

  Anita Tarbuk, Ana Marija Grancaric, Mirela Leskovac · 2014 · Cellulose · 53 citations

• The Mercerisation of Cellulose. I. A Thermodynamic Discussion.

  Bengt G. Rånby, Eva Hadler, Å. Åkerström · 1952 · Acta Chemica Scandinavica · 43 citations

• Über Veresterung und Mercerisation der Cellulose. (Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis topochemischer Reaktionen.)

  R. O. Herzog, G. Londberg · 1924 · Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft (A and B Series) · 28 citations

• Mercerisation and liquid ammonia treatment of cotton

  Peter F Greenwood · 1987 · Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists · 27 citations

• THE SWELLING OF RAW COTTON HAIRS DURING MERCERISATION WITHOUT TENSION

  Mary Alexandra Calvert, Frederick Summers · 1925 · Journal of the Textile Institute Transactions · 22 citations

• The Mercerisation of Cellulose. II. A Phase Transition Study with X-Ray Diffraction.

  Bengt G. Rånby, Eva Hadler, Å. Åkerström · 1952 · Acta Chemica Scandinavica · 22 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Retain strength, gain ductility: tough and transparent nanopapers by mercerisation

  Florian Mayer, Alexander Prado-Roller, Andreas Mautner · 2024 · Cellulose · 8 citations

• Mercerisation Followed by Wet on Wet Reactive Dyeing of Cotton Fabric

  Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Anmen Admas, Alemayehu Assefa · 2024 · Textile & Leather Review · 1 citations

• Comparing the Effect of Mercerisation, Acetylation and Oxidation on the Tensile Properties of Luffa Cylindrica Fibers

  Joshua Ighalo · 2023 · JORDANIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (JJECI) · 1 citations

• Effect of Mercerisation Soaking Time and Concentration on Tensile Properties of Pentaclethra macrophylla Fibre Reinforced Composite for Automotive Application

  Chikelu Peter Okechukwu, Ilechukwu Anthonia Ekene, Anyaora Sunday Chimezie · 2025 · INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (IJATEIS) · 1 citations

• Study of mercerisation modification and dyeing properties of crosslinked Lyocell fibre

  Meng Li, Jing Zhao, Meifen Wang · 2025 · Coloration Technology · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕MercerisingJ. T. Marsh · 1941
• Die Mercerisation der Baumwolle und die Appretur der mercerisierten GewebeGardner, Paul · 1912
• Die Mercerisation der Baumwolle mit specieller Berücksichtigung der in- und ausländischen PatenteGardner, Paul · 2013
• Praktikum der TextilveredlungOtto Mecheels · 1949
• 📕MercerisingJohn Thompson Marsh · 1941
• 📕MercerisationDyer and Calico Printer. · 1903
• 📕Mercerisation. · 1903
• 📕The future of mercerising.

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