oxygen delignified kraft pulp from eucalyptus (e. urophylla × e. grandis) was catalytically pretreated in aerobic condition using ammonium persulfate in present of catalists like cupric acetate and/or cobalt acetate in acetic acid-water solution, i. e. s2o82--cu2+, s2o82--co2+ and s2o82--(cu2++co2+). final bleached pulp after pretreatment with the three catalytic systems showed higher delignifi...

To investigate the optical properties of chemithermomechanical pulp (CTMP) from Eucalyptus camaldulensis, one group of samples of CTMP was aged by heating, and another group was first subjected to bleaching with different bleaching agents, and then aging by exposure to sunlight. Chromophores were analyzed using diffuse reflectance UV-Vis spectra (DRUV), and the brightness and color parameters (...

It has been demonstrated that both conventional flash pyrolysis and thermally assistcd hydrolysis and alkylation (THA) in the presence of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), enable the detection of sorne important components of wood extractives (WE) from Eucalyptus globulus. These are released by thermoevaporation from the acetone extracts and easily identified by GC-MS. On the other hand, Py...

The addition of a phosphonated chelant (DTPMPA) at different points of a TCF bleaching sequence and its effect on pulp properties were studied in this work. An industrial Eucalyptus grandis kraft pulp was submitted to a counter-ion exchange (Ca or Na form) and was then bleached using DTPMPA in the washing or in the bleaching stages of two distinct sequences: OOpP and OQOpP (20 pulps). The count...

The effect of alkaline pulping parameters (temperature, effective alkali (EA) and sulphidity) on the hexenuronic acid (HexA) content of Portuguese Eucalyptus globulus pulps was studied. The HexA content was calculated on a pentosan basis. Unlike softwood pulping, the amount of this acid increased during kraft cooking and only started to decrease in the final stage of delignification (kappa numb...

In this work, the physical and mechanical properties of bleached Eucalyptus pulp reinforced with nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) are compared with those of traditional beaten pulp used in the making of writing/printing and offset printing papers. For this purpose, three different types of hardwood slurries were prepared: beaten pulps, unbeaten pulps reinforced with NFC, and slightly beaten pulp...

Corn stalk, an agricultural waste, was valorized by the production of cellulose nanofibers (CNF), which were tested for improving recycled paper properties. CNF from eucalyptus kraft pulp (E-CNF) was used as a reference. Addition of 0.5% wt. CNF produced from corn organosolv pulp (C-CNF) to recycled paper increased the tensile index by 20%, whereas the same improvement with E-CNF was achieved a...

This work investigates nano-fibrillated cellulose (NFC) as a component in mineral pigment paper coating. In this work, bleached Eucalyptus pulp was pretreated by TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperdinyloxy)-mediated oxidation. The oxidized pulp was then isolated to obtain NFC by sonication. Aqueous coating colors consisting of calcium carbonate, clay, carboxylated butadiene-styrene latex, additi...

The main raw material for manufacture of paper is wood pulp which are mainly obtained from the pulpwood trees like Casuarina, Eucalyptus and Meliadubia. In Tamil Nadu, cultivation these was promoted by two leading manufacturing industries viz., Nadu Newsprint Paper Limited (TNPL) Seshasayee Boards (SPB).This study aims at estimating cost, returns financial feasibility major tree species cultiva...