“…Consequently, the acidic properties of isolated lignins merit further research either through improvements of existing MILLIEQUIVALENTS OF TITRANT This paper presents the results of an investigation of acidic properties of dioxane and alkali lignins in a nonaqueous system that combines features of the method of Butler and Czepiel (4), and that developed by Cundiff and Markunas (5) for the nonaqueous determination of acids. The theory and practice of titration in nonaqueous systems has been reviewed extensively (1,6,11,13). In the present system, the samples were dissolved in pyridine and titrated with potassium methoxide, using a platinized platinum indicatingmodified methanol calomel reference electrode combination.…”