Exploration and Identification of Alternative Raw Materials for Paper and Newsprint Manufacture - Pulping, Bleaching and Evaluation of Pulps from Mixed Hardwood Species from the Bastar Region

摘要

The collection of representative samples of pulp wood from the Bastar forests, chipping, the preparation of chip mixtures representative of different diameter classes and of the forest area, and investigations into their pulping, bleaching and papermaking properties are described and discussed in this report. Attention is also given to the black liquors from the different chip mixtures and from some individual species. This report also covers the collection of bamboo from the Bastar region, its pulping and bleaching characteristics and the papermaking properties of bamboo-mixed hardwood pulp blends.