The bleaching of mechanical pulps with oxygen and borohydride

Holzforschung

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 445-451

  Leary, Gordon ^a,b   Wong, D ^a   Giampaolo, D ^a  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Borohydride; Mechanical pulps; Oxygen; Oxygen bleaching; Peroxide formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004000904     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hfsg.1997.51.5.445     Document Type: Article

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