An innovative approach to higher brightness and whiteness

TAPPI Press - Paper Conference and Trade Show, PaperCon '08

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2944-2954

  Wild, M Patricia ^a   Urbantas, Richard ^a  

^a AKZONOBEL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brightness; Nanotechnology; Optical brighteners; Retention chemistry; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS; CHEMICAL ADDITION; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL BRIGHTENERS; PAPER BRIGHTNESS; PULP AND PAPER; PULP BRIGHTNESS; RETENTION CHEMISTRY; WET-END RETENTION; WHITENESS;

EXHIBITIONS; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINANCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

PULP;

BRIGHTENERS; BRIGHTNESS; CHEMISTRY; EXHIBITIONS; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULPS; RETENTION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WHITENESS;

EID: 70349463068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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