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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Effect of Psa dosage on kappa number, HexA content, brightness, and viscosity of pulp

From: Application of peroxymonosulfuric acid as a modification of the totally chlorine-free bleaching of acacia wood prehydrolysis-kraft pulp

 

Psa dosage (%)

Kappa number

HexA (mmol/kg pulp)

Brightness (% ISO)

Viscosity (cP)

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Ph-kraft pulpa

0.20

21.5

20.7

12.6

10.8

41.4

45.9

85.3

39.3

0.25

15.7

14.3

15.0

12.3

41.7

46.3

49.0

29.7

0.30

13.2

11.0

18.0

14.4

41.9

47.9

46.1

27.0

LOKPb

0.20

9.1

8.4

60.4

56.1

62.3

66.1

18.2

17.3

0.40

9.1

7.6

60.4

52.7

62.3

67.0

18.2

15.3

0.60

9.1

7.1

60.4

47.5

62.3

69.0

18.2

11.7

  1. a Acacia mearnsii pulp by kraft cooking for 1–3 h
  2. bEucalyptus–acacia mixed hardwood oxygen-bleached (non-prehydrolyzed) kraft pulp