On the effect of a xylanase post-treatment as a means of reducing the yellowing of bleached hardwood kraft pulp

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-176

  Simeonova, Galya ^a,b,c   Sjödahl, Ragnar ^a,d   Ragnar, Martin ^a   Lindström, Mikael E ^a   Henriksson, Gunnar ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

^c Crane AB   (Sweden)

^d LINDE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bleaching; Brightness stability; Hardwood kraft pulp; Hexenuronic acid; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

BLEACHED PULP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HARDWOODS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BRIGHTNESS STABILITY; ENZYMATIC POST-TREATMENT;

KRAFT PULP;

BRIGHTNESS; HARDWOODS; KRAFT PAPERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROCESSING; PULPS; STABILITY; YELLOWING;

EID: 34547252498     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2007-22-02-p172-176     Document Type: Article

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