Effects of a fungal treatment on the brightness and strength properties of a mechanical pulp from Douglas-fir

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-68

  De Jong, Ed ^a   Chandra, Richard P ^a   Saddler, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biobleaching; Biopulping; Brightness reversion; Cromophores; Mechanical pulp; Paper strength; Phanerochaete chrysosporium; Trametes versicolor; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

BIOPULPING; BLEACHING; FUNGI; MECHANICAL PULP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PAPER; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BIOBLEACHING; BRIGHTNESS; BRIGHTNESS REVERSION; CHROMOPHOUS; FUNGAL TREATMENT; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; BRIGHTNESS; DECOLORIZATION; FUNGUS; PAPER; PHANEROCHAETE; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STRENGTH; WOOD;

ABIES; CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0031191863     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(97)84700-1     Document Type: Article

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