Wet-web strength of hardwood kraft pulps: Wet-web tensile strength decreases with increasing fibre wall thickness

Pulp and Paper Canada

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 44-48

  Gurnagul, N ^a   Seth, R S ^a  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Deformation; Fibre structure; Fibres; Hardwoods; Kraft pulps; Mechanical properties; Mechanicaltreatment; Wet webs

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PULP; PULP BEATING; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNBLEACHED PULP;

HARDWOOD PULPS; WET WEB STRENGTH;

KRAFT PULP;

EID: 0031236403     PISSN: 03164004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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