The mass fraction of ethanol aqueous solution, liquid and solid ratio (m/m), reaction temperature and time, which influenced the isolation of lignin from chestnut shell, were studied, and the optimal technical conditions were resulted. Chestnut shell was comminuted, before being extracted by benz-alcohol(v/v=67/33). The dried pretreated shell was treated in autoclave at 180 ℃ for 1 h, when liquid and solid ratio (m/m) was 10/1, and the mass fraction of ethanol 80 %. The extract was vacu um evaporated to recover the solvent. The lignin wa...