Influence of cooking conditions on the degradation of hexenuronic acid, xylan, glucomannan and cellulose during kraft pulping of softwood

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-167

  Gustavsson, Catrin A S ^a,b   Wafa Al Dajani, Waleed ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Stora Corporate Research AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IONIC STRENGTH; KRAFT PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GLUCOMMANAN; HEXENURONIC ACID; KAPPA NUMBER; XYLAN;

PULP COOKING;

EID: 0343441603     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2000-15-02-p160-167     Document Type: Article

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