Table of Contents

PART I: CHEMICAL PULPING
Introduction
Raw Material for Pulp
Wood Yard Operations
Chemical Pulping Processes
Pulp Washing
Pulp Screening, Cleaning, and Fractionation
Pulp Bleaching
Pulp Purification
Recovery
Environmental Aspects of Pulp Production
Pulp Properties and Applications
PART II: MECHANICAL PULPING
Introduction
A Short History of Mechanical Pulping
Raw Materials for Mechanical Pulp
Mechanical Pulping Processes
Processing of Mechanical Pulp and Reject Handling: Screening and Cleaning
Bleaching of Mechanical Pulp
Latency and Properties of Mechanical Pulp
PART III: RECOVERED PAPER AND RECYCLED FIBERS
Introduction
Relevance of Recycled Fibers as Paper Raw Material
Recovered Paper Grades
Basic Statistics
Collection of Recovered Paper
Sources of Recovered Paper
Sorting, Handling, and Storage of Recovered Paper
Legislation for the Use of Recycled Fibers
Appendix: European List of Standard Grades of Recovered Paper and Board
PART IV: ANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PULPS
Fundamentals of Quality Control Procedures
Determination of Low Molecular-Weight Components
Macromolecular Composition
Characterization of Supermolecular Structures
Fiber Properties
Papermaking Properties of Pulps

About the Author

Dr. Herbert Sixta studied chemistry at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and obtained the PhD in 1982 with his work on the interaction of carbon dioxide, hydrogen and saturated hydrocarbons with Pt-, Ru-, Cu- and Ru/Cu-catalysts. He then moved to Lenzing AG, a leading company for the production of regenerated cellulose fibers, where he built up a research department mainly focused on pulp chemistry and technology (1987). After his habilitation in 1995 at the Technical University of Graz, Austria, he has been giving lectures on cellulose chemistry, pulping technology and chemistry at the universities of Graz, Linz and Vienna. At present, the scientific activities of Herbert Sixta are focused on the improvements of pulping technologies for the production of dissolving pulps including the recovery of value-added by-products derived from pulping and purification processes.

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"Dr. Herbert Sixta, Leiter der Abteilung für Cellulose- und Viskoseforschung der Lenzig AG in Österreich, konnte für dieses umfassende Handbuch der Zellstofftechnologie praxiserfahrene Autoren gewinnen. Beschrieben werden Aspekte des Zellstoffaufschlusses für die Herstellung von Papier und Pappe, Eigenschaften der Fasermasse, Bleichverfahren, Abwasserbehandlung und Umweltaspekte..."
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