Kraft pulping

Kraft pulping The term “pulping” refers to different processes by which the timber resources (i.e., pulpwood) or other fibrous natural feedstocks are converted into a product mass with liberated fibres.1-11 These thermal conversions can be accomplished according to a broad classification either chemically (i.e., by means of chemicals) or mechanically (i.e., by means of refining)

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Raimo Alén, University of Jyväskylä

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