Is cellulose perfectly insoluble in water

Subject: Is cellulose perfectly insoluble in water

Date: Sat Jul 24 18:57:13 2010
Posted by K
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I have search the archiveand read the link provided. The link: 
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-12/944796903.Bc.r.html

However the link says that cellulose is virtually insoluble in water. Does it 
mean that cellulose can still dissolve but slowly or completely insoluble in 
water?

How about The article in a magazine called Nature (19 February 1938)? It says 
that pure cellulose is slightly soluble in pure water. Thanks for the help.

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