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Tag Archives: Alkaline

A Little on Fillers

In the mid-1980s the United States paper industry began converting mill operations to support alkaline papermaking processes, although the possibility to convert had been around for a quarter of a … Continue reading

April 14, 2014 · 1 Comment

Cook that Flax!

This semester I enrolled in an introductory pulping and bleaching course. Historically the lab part of the course walked students through the pulping and bleaching sequence using wood chips. Thanks … Continue reading

March 28, 2014 · 9 Comments