Synthesis of Lignin Nanoparticles and Their Application in the Stabilization of Water-in-Water Pickering Emulsions: A New Technology for Valorization of Lignin from Sugarcane Bagasse

Table 1

Characterization of the studied systems and estimation of the phase composition based on the Merchuk equation [41] at T = 25 ± 3°C.

Systems	Phase	%PEG 6000 (wt/wt)	%MD (wt/wt)	%Water (wt/wt)	%TLL (wt/wt)	pH	Δρ (g/mL)
20% MD/10% PEG 6000	Top	14.55	3.59	81.86	49.10	2.00	1.07
	Bottom	1.47	50.91	47.66		1.99	1.17
30% MD/10% PEG 6000	Top	17.81	2.64	79.55	57.15	2.10	1.09
	Bottom	2.11	57.60	40.29		2.00	1.21

Estimation of the composition of the top and bottom phases based on the Merchuk equation [41].