Sappi Saiccor (situated in Durban, South Africa) dissolving pulp mill effluent, produced from an acid bisulphite pulping process, uses acacia and eucalyptus hardwoods to produce a unique and different blend of lignin that has not been previously studied. The chemical oxidation of lignin found in Sappi Saiccor’s effluent has been investigated using a number of different chemical oxidising agents...

Pulp and Paper Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton E3B 5A3, NB, Canada Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University...

A selection of cellulose pulps was investigated for their chemical changes during the required process steps to viscose dope. The selection of the pulps was based on pulping process, original wood type and intrinsic viscosity. In total, five sulfite pulps and four sulfate pulps were chosen, of which all but one sulfate pulp were of dissolving grades. The physical and chemical properties of the ...

Summary Here, we show that lignin-first biorefining of poplar can enable the production dissolving cellulose pulp produce regenerated cellulose, which could substitute cotton. These results in turn indicate agricultural land dedicated to cotton be reclaimed for food by extending plantations textile fibers. Based on climate-adapted clones capable growth marginal lands Nordic region, est...