Iman Akbarpoor; Hossein Resalti; Ali Solimani
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In this study, the effect of elimination and relative decrease of sodium silicate along with substituting the organic complex of sulvy-x was investigated on optical properties of CMP pulp bleached by hydrogen peroxide. The brightness of paper were increased to 66.8%, yellowness decreased to 22% and opacity ...
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In this study, the effect of elimination and relative decrease of sodium silicate along with substituting the organic complex of sulvy-x was investigated on optical properties of CMP pulp bleached by hydrogen peroxide. The brightness of paper were increased to 66.8%, yellowness decreased to 22% and opacity decreased to 80% with increase in sodium silicate charge from 0.7% to 3%. Also, with complete elimination of sodium silicate and using of sulvy-x at different levels of 0.4, 0.5, 0.7 and 1% , highest brightness and lowest yellowness were shown at 0.5% sulvy-x. These values were 66.1% and 21.8%, respectively. The brightness of paper enhanced from 61.2% to 67.3% with increasing of sulvy-x charge from 0.4% up to 0.5% blended with constant value of 0.7% sodium silicate. But the brightness decreased at higher levels. Generally, pretreatment by DTPA prepared the paper with lower brightness and higher yellowness at two different states namely silicate-free and silicate-containing with sulvy-x. Pretreatment by DTPA at silicate-free state led to decrease of opacity but at silicate-containing state terminated to improve of opacity values. Increasing of bleaching time up to 120 minutes resulted in the paper with higher brightness, higher opacity and lower yellowness at silicate containing state with sulvy-x. At silicate-free state, increasing of bleaching time up to 120 minutes led to improve of opacity while brightness improved and yellowness reduced with increase in bleaching time to 90 minutes. Also, the brightness of paper decreased at higher times (120 minutes) and yellowness increased. In conclusion, achieved results from comparison of optical properties of paper produced from peroxide bleaching of hardwood CMP pulp indicated that we could produce the paper with desirable or even better optical properties by replacing of sulvy-x rather than sodium silicate compared to conventional peroxide bleaching.
Pulp and paper
Ali Solimani; Hossein Resalati; Eiman Akbarpoor
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In this research, effects of mixing the birch wood with hornbeam and beach on optical and physical properties of papers produced at constant freeness range of 300 ml, CSF and yield of 85% and reference of CMP pulp (75% hornbeam plus to 25% beach) was investigated. CMP pulp was produced from birch ...
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In this research, effects of mixing the birch wood with hornbeam and beach on optical and physical properties of papers produced at constant freeness range of 300 ml, CSF and yield of 85% and reference of CMP pulp (75% hornbeam plus to 25% beach) was investigated. CMP pulp was produced from birch chips at 10,20,30 and 40% content within the conditions of pulp yield:85%, liquor to dried chip ratio (L/W) of 7/1, sulfite percent of 20% on oven-dried wood chips, cooking temperature:1600C, cooking time:85-135 minutes blended with 60-90 % hornbeam and beach. After defibration and refining the cooked wood chips, the standard hand sheets of 60 g/m2 were made from different pulps and the optical and physical properties of paper produced were compared. The results from comparing the optical properties of paper showed that using up to 40% birch chips blended with hornbeam and beach led to brightness improvement and yellowness and opacity reduction compared to control CMP pulp. Increase of birch use to 30% indicated no significant effect on opacity values at confidence level of 99% compared to control CMP pulp. Utilizing 40% birch resulted in the preparation of papers with lower caliper, smoother surface and higher air resistance.
