Alkaline sulphite pulping of hesperaloe, an arid-zone native fibre plant from Northern Mexico

TAPPI Pulping/Process and Product Quality Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 923-936

  Wong, Al ^a   McLaughlin, Steve ^b  

^a Arbokem Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; PAPER COATING; PAPER PRODUCTS;

PRINTING PAPER;

PULP;

ALKALINE PULPING; BLEACHING; COATED PAPERS; PAPER PRODUCTS;

EID: 0142249991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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