Pulping and paper properties of some fibre crops

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-67

  Oggiano, Nella ^a   Angelini, Luciana G ^a   Cappelletto, Pierluigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Poligrafico Dello Stato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boehmeria nivea; Fibre crops; High yield process; Miscanthus sinensis; Paper making properties; Pulping; Spartium junceum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030749104     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(97)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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