The growing demand for rayon and cellulosic products has resulted in the conversion of a number of kraft pulp mills into dissolving pulp mills in recent years. In fact, kraft-based dissolving pulp production fits well into the concept of an integrated forest biorefinery, in particular, the utilization of dissolved organics in the pre-hydrolysis liquor (PHL) for bio-materials and bio-energy purp...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the tissue dissolution efficacy of four root canal irrigation solutions (sodium hypochlorite [NaOCl], chlorhexidine gluconate [CHX], Octenidine [OCT], and QMix 2in1) on bovine pulp tissue. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty bovine pulp tissue samples, each weighing 6.55 mg, were prepared and randomly divided into four experimental groups and one contro...

It was found that, for a dissolving pulp, an enzymatic pre-treatment with an endoglucanase prior to viscose preparation did not change the correlation between the gamma number of the viscose dope and the carbon disulphide charge. Thus, the pulp stoichiometry, or reactivity, was not changed by an endoglucanase pre-treatment. It has nevertheless previously been found that the pulp reactivity, mea...

With an annual production of some 3.5 million tons between 1990 and 1995, dissolving wood pulp accounts for only 2% of the total wood pulp production. However, the high demands for cellulose purity and reactivity as well as its manifold routes of utilization are the reason for the advanced state of technology within the pulp industry. For dissolving pulp production, only acid sulfite and prehyd...