Ultrastructural aspects of fibre development during the stone groundwood process: New insights into derived pulp properties
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Dinesh Fernando
Abstract
A study was performed on stone groundwood (SGW) pulps produced on a pilot scale. The behaviour of selected juvenile and mature Norway spruce wood samples was investigated. As revealed by standard tests, sheets formed from juvenile wood showed improved light scattering properties, improved tear and tensile strength, and higher sheet density compared to those formed from mature wood. Scanning electron microscopy indicated that the differences are likely related to the manner of fibre processing and development at the ultrastructural level. Mature wood fibres showed greater fibre end breakage, a smaller long-fibre fraction, enhanced S1 fibrillation and frequently open fibres. In contrast, juvenile fibres had a 14% higher long-fibre fraction and showed typical S2 fibrillation. Fibre development of juvenile wood showed fibrillation features similar to those previously reported for thermomechanical pulp fibres. In both cases, the structural hierarchy of the wood fibre cell wall and the microfibril angle of S2 and S1 layers govern cell-wall splitting and fibrillation progression. The superior quality of the fibre furnish prepared from juvenile fibres compared to mature fibres with SGW pulping may offer an alternative process for more effective utilisation of raw materials such as top logs rich in juvenile wood.
©2007 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York
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- Studies on fluorescence of cellulosics
- Fluorescence spectroscopy for chromophore studies on bleached kraft pulps
- Influence of surface structure on wetting of coated offset papers
- Fundamental study of the interaction of Ti atoms with spruce surfaces
- Surface analysis of groundwood paper treated by diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge (DCSBD) type atmospheric plasma in air and in nitrogen
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- Viscoelastic properties of green wood across the grain measured by harmonic tests in the range 0–95°C: Hardwood vs. softwood and normal wood vs. reaction wood
- Thermoforming of wood veneer composite sheets
- A revised multi-Fickian moisture transport model to describe non-Fickian effects in wood
- Novel experimental approach for longitudinal-radial stiffness characterisation of clear wood by a single test
- Fracture characterisation of yew (Taxus baccata L.) and spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) in the radial-tangential and tangential-radial crack propagation system by a micro wedge splitting test
- Determination of Young's modulus and shear modulus by means of deflection curves for wood beams obtained in static bending tests
- Insecticidal activity of essential oil from Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum
- Knotwood as a window to the indirect measurement of the decay resistance of Scots pine heartwood
- Field assessment of wood stake decomposition in forest soil
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Meetings
- Chemical composition of 36 Brazilian Amazon forest wood species
- Characterization of non-cellulosic glucans in Eucalyptus globulus Labill. wood and kraft pulp
- Study of the phenolic compounds formed during pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse by wet oxidation and steam explosion
- Determination of the accessible hydroxyl groups in heat-treated Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib ex Hartwich wood by hydrogen-deuterium exchange and 2H NMR spectroscopy
- Lignin modification in the initial phase of softwood kraft pulp delignification with polyoxometalates (POMs)
- Synthesis of light-colored rosin glycerol ester
- Studies on fluorescence of cellulosics
- Fluorescence spectroscopy for chromophore studies on bleached kraft pulps
- Influence of surface structure on wetting of coated offset papers
- Fundamental study of the interaction of Ti atoms with spruce surfaces
- Surface analysis of groundwood paper treated by diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge (DCSBD) type atmospheric plasma in air and in nitrogen
- Ultrastructural aspects of fibre development during the stone groundwood process: New insights into derived pulp properties
- Stabilization of peracetic acid with aspartic acid diethoxy succinate (AES)
- Stabilization of H2O2 in the presence of Fe(II) and Mn(II) impurities under alkaline conditions
- Viscoelastic properties of green wood across the grain measured by harmonic tests in the range 0–95°C: Hardwood vs. softwood and normal wood vs. reaction wood
- Thermoforming of wood veneer composite sheets
- A revised multi-Fickian moisture transport model to describe non-Fickian effects in wood
- Novel experimental approach for longitudinal-radial stiffness characterisation of clear wood by a single test
- Fracture characterisation of yew (Taxus baccata L.) and spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) in the radial-tangential and tangential-radial crack propagation system by a micro wedge splitting test
- Determination of Young's modulus and shear modulus by means of deflection curves for wood beams obtained in static bending tests
- Insecticidal activity of essential oil from Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum
- Knotwood as a window to the indirect measurement of the decay resistance of Scots pine heartwood
- Field assessment of wood stake decomposition in forest soil