Switchgrass: A potential pulp fibre source

Pulp and Paper Canada

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Goel, K ^a   Radiotis, T ^b   Eisner, R ^a   Sherson, G ^c   Li, J ^b,d  

^a Domtar Corporation   (Canada)

^b PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^c Nexfor Technology   (Canada)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CHEMICAL PULP; FIBERS; KRAFT PULP; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TENSILE STRENGTH;

BLEACHABILITY; FINES; PULPABILITY; SWITCHGRASS;

PULP MATERIALS;

EID: 0034207312     PISSN: 03164004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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