The fractionation and refining of eucalyptus kraft pulps

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-180

  El Sharkawy, Khalil ^a   Koskenhely, Kari ^a   Paulapuro, Hannu ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Fractionation; Mixture sheets; Refining; Strength

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FRACTIONATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDWOODS; KRAFT PULP; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIXTURES; PILOT PLANTS; REFINING; SOFTWOODS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS KRAFT PULP; EUCALYPTUS MARKET PULP; LIGHT SCATTERING COEFFICIENT S; MIXTURE SHEETS; OPERATING CONDITION; RAW MATERIALS COSTS; STRENGTH;

PULP REFINING;

EUCALYPTUS; FIBERS; FRACTIONATION; KRAFT PULPING; MIXTURES; PULPS; RAW MATERIALS; REFINING; SOFTWOODS; WOOD;

EID: 48849100173     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2008-23-02-p172-180     Document Type: Article

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