The mechanism of xylanase prebleaching of kraft pulp: An examination using model pulps prepared by depositing lignin and xylan on cellulose fibers

Holzforschung

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  De Jong, Ed ^a   Wong, Ken K Y ^a,b   Saddler, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Brightness; Chromophore; Kraft pulp; Lignin carbohydrate complex; Size exclusion chromatography; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002478798     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hfsg.1997.51.1.19     Document Type: Article

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