Application of UV-Vis and resonance Raman spectroscopy to study bleaching and photoyellowing of thermomechanical pulps

Holzforschung

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-238

  Jääskeläinen, Anna Stiina ^a   Saariaho, Anna Maija ^a   Vyörykkä, Jouko ^a   Vuorinen, Tapani ^a   Matousek, Pavel ^b   Parker, Anthony W ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Coniferyl aldehyde; Fluorescence rejection; Kerr gate; Photoyellowing; Quinone; Resonance Raman spectroscopy; Thermomechanical pulp; TMP; UV Vis reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BLEACHING; CHROMOPHORES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CONIFERYL ALDEHYDE; FLUORESCENCE REJECTION; KERR GATE; PHOTOYELLOWING; RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

THERMOMECHANICAL PULP;

ALDEHYDES; BLEACHING; CHROMOPHORES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPS;

EID: 33646513709     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2006.038     Document Type: Article

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