The nature of the mechanical pulping process

Pulp and Paper Canada

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 27-32

  McDonald, D ^a   Miles, K ^a   Amiri, R ^b  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Light Weight Papers; Mechanical Pulping; Opacity; Printability; Printing Papers; Refiners; Strength Properties; Value Added Product

Indexed keywords

GROUND-WOOD SHEETS; LIGHTWEIGHT PAPERS;

CUTTING; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; KRAFT PULP; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPACITY; OPTICAL FIBERS;

THERMOMECHANICAL PULP;

CUTTING; DATA PROCESSING; KRAFT PULPS; OPACITY; OPTICAL SCATTERING; PRINTABILITY; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPS;

EID: 4944244993     PISSN: 03164004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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