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Kraft process

Index Kraft process

The kraft process (also known as kraft pulping or sulfate process) is a process for conversion of wood into wood pulp, which consists of almost pure cellulose fibres, the main component of paper. [1]

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  1. 98 relations: Academic Press, Alcohol (chemistry), Alkyl group, Anthraquinone, Bamboo, Biochemical oxygen demand, Bisulfide, Black liquor, Bleaching of wood pulp, Calcium carbonate, Calcium hydroxide, Calcium oxide, Carbohydrate, Catalysis, Cellulose, Chelation, Chemical oxygen demand, Chemrec, Chlorate, Clarifying agent, Concentration, Countercurrent exchange, Decantation, Defoamer, Detackifier, Diffusion, Dimethyl disulfide, Dimethyl sulfide, Dispersant, Displacement (fluid), Dissolved organic carbon, Electricity, Fixation agent, Gasification, Gdańsk, German Empire, Green liquor, H-factor, Hemicellulose, Hydrogen bond, Hydrogen sulfide, Hydrophobe, Industrial wastewater treatment, Johan Richter (inventor), Kappa number, Kenaf, Knot (papermaking), Kraft paper, Lignin, Lime kiln, ... Expand index (48 more) »

  2. 1879 in Germany
  3. 1879 in science
  4. Pulp and paper industry

Academic Press

Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher founded in 1941.

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Alcohol (chemistry)

In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to carbon.

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Alkyl group

In organic chemistry, an alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen.

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Anthraquinone

Anthraquinone, also called anthracenedione or dioxoanthracene, is an aromatic organic compound with formula.

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Bamboo

Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.

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Biochemical oxygen demand

Biochemical oxygen demand (also known as BOD or biological oxygen demand) is an analytical parameter representing the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) consumed by aerobic bacteria growing on the organic material present in a water sample at a specific temperature over a specific time period.

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Bisulfide

Bisulfide (or bisulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion with the chemical formula HS− (also written as SH−).

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Black liquor

In industrial chemistry, black liquor is the by-product from the kraft process when digesting pulpwood into paper pulp removing lignin, hemicelluloses and other extractives from the wood to free the cellulose fibers. Kraft process and black liquor are papermaking and pulp and paper industry.

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Bleaching of wood pulp

Bleaching of wood pulp is the chemical processing of wood pulp to lighten its color and whiten the pulp. Kraft process and Bleaching of wood pulp are chemical processes, papermaking and pulp and paper industry.

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Calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Calcium hydroxide

Calcium hydroxide (traditionally called slaked lime) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca(OH)2.

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Calcium oxide

Calcium oxide (formula: CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound.

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Carbohydrate

A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).

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Catalysis

Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst. Kraft process and Catalysis are chemical processes.

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Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units. Kraft process and Cellulose are papermaking.

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Chelation

Chelation is a type of bonding of ions and the molecules to metal ions.

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Chemical oxygen demand

In environmental chemistry, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) is an indicative measure of the amount of oxygen that can be consumed by reactions in a measured solution.

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Chemrec

Chemrec AB (Chemrec) is a Stockholm, Sweden-based company with comprehensive experience of pioneering the development of black liquor gasification (BLG) technology for energy and chemicals recovery at pulp mills.

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Chlorate

Chlorate is the common name of the anion, whose chlorine atom is in the +5 oxidation state.

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Clarifying agent

Clarifying agents are used to remove suspended solids from liquids by inducing flocculation, causing the solids to form larger aggregates that can be easily removed after they either float to the surface or sink to the bottom of the containment vessel.

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Concentration

In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture.

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Countercurrent exchange

Countercurrent exchange is a mechanism occurring in nature and mimicked in industry and engineering, in which there is a crossover of some property, usually heat or some chemical, between two flowing bodies flowing in opposite directions to each other.

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Decantation

Decantation is a process for the separation of mixtures of immiscible liquids or of a liquid and a solid mixture such as a suspension.

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Defoamer

A defoamer or an anti-foaming agent is a chemical additive that reduces and hinders the formation of foam in industrial process liquids.

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Detackifier

A detackifier is a process chemical that is used for reducing tackiness of other substances.

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Diffusion

Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.

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Dimethyl disulfide

Dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula.

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Dimethyl sulfide

Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or methylthiomethane is an organosulfur compound with the formula.

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Dispersant

A dispersant or a dispersing agent is a substance, typically a surfactant, that is added to a suspension of solid or liquid particles in a liquid (such as a colloid or emulsion) to improve the separation of the particles and to prevent their settling or clumping.

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Displacement (fluid)

In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is largely immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking its place.

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Dissolved organic carbon

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is the fraction of organic carbon operationally defined as that which can pass through a filter with a pore size typically between 0.22 and 0.7 micrometers.

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Electricity

Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge.

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Fixation agent

A fixation agent is a chemical that is capable to fixate one substance to another substance that the first substance have little affinity to.

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Gasification

Gasification is a process that converts biomass- or fossil fuel-based carbonaceous materials into gases, including as the largest fractions: nitrogen (N2), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), and carbon dioxide.

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Gdańsk

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Green liquor

Green liquor is the dissolved smelt of sodium carbonate, sodium sulfide and other compounds from the recovery boiler in the kraft process. Kraft process and Green liquor are papermaking.

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H-factor

H-factor is a kinetic model for the rate of delignification in kraft pulping. Kraft process and h-factor are papermaking.

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Hemicellulose

A hemicellulose (also known as polyose) is one of a number of heteropolymers (matrix polysaccharides), such as arabinoxylans, present along with cellulose in almost all terrestrial plant cell walls.

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Hydrogen bond

In chemistry, a hydrogen bond (or H-bond) is primarily an electrostatic force of attraction between a hydrogen (H) atom which is covalently bonded to a more electronegative "donor" atom or group (Dn), and another electronegative atom bearing a lone pair of electrons—the hydrogen bond acceptor (Ac).

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Hydrogen sulfide

Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula.

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Hydrophobe

In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the physical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water (known as a hydrophobe).

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Industrial wastewater treatment

Industrial wastewater treatment describes the processes used for treating wastewater that is produced by industries as an undesirable by-product.

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Johan Richter (inventor)

Johan Christopher Fredrik Carl Richter (12 November 1901 – 13 June 1997) was a Norwegian-Swedish engineer, industrialist and inventor in the area of pulp and paper production. Kraft process and Johan Richter (inventor) are pulp and paper industry.

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Kappa number

The Kappa number is an indication of the residual lignin content or bleachability of wood pulp by a standardized analysis method. Kraft process and Kappa number are papermaking.

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Kenaf

Kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus, is a plant in the family Malvaceae also called Deccan hemp and Java jute.

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Knot (papermaking)

Knots are unwanted, large, dark aggregates of wood fibres when making chemical pulp. Kraft process and Knot (papermaking) are papermaking.

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Kraft paper

Kraft paper or kraft is paper or paperboard (cardboard) produced from chemical pulp produced in the kraft process.

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Lignin

Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants. Kraft process and Lignin are papermaking.

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Lime kiln

A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide).

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McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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Methanethiol

Methanethiol (also known as methyl mercaptan) is an organosulfur compound with the chemical formula.

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Multiple-effect evaporator

In chemical engineering, a multiple-effect evaporator is an apparatus for efficiently using the heat from steam to evaporate water.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern (formerly Newbern) is a city in and the county seat of Craven County, North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Nucleophile

In chemistry, a nucleophile is a chemical species that forms bonds by donating an electron pair.

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Oil skimmer

An oil skimmer is a device that is designed to remove oil floating on a liquid surface.

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Organosolv

In industrial paper-making processes, organosolv is a pulping technique that uses an organic solvent to solubilise lignin and hemicellulose. Kraft process and organosolv are chemical processes, papermaking and pulp and paper industry.

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Paper

Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying. Kraft process and Paper are papermaking.

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Paper chemicals

Paper chemicals designate a group of chemicals that are used for paper manufacturing, or modify the properties of paper. Kraft process and paper chemicals are chemical processes, papermaking and pulp and paper industry.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.

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Piteå

Piteå is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Pulp (paper)

Pulp is a fibrous lignocellulosic material prepared by chemically, semi-chemically or mechanically producing cellulosic fibers from wood, fiber crops, waste paper, or rags. Kraft process and Pulp (paper) are papermaking.

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Pulp and paper industry

The pulp and paper industry comprises companies that use wood, specifically pulpwood, as raw material and produce pulp, paper, paperboard, and other cellulose-based products.

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Pulp mill

A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber sources into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. Kraft process and pulp mill are papermaking and pulp and paper industry.

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Recovery boiler

Recovery boiler is the part of kraft process of pulping where chemicals for white liquor are recovered and reformed from black liquor, which contains lignin from previously processed wood. Kraft process and recovery boiler are papermaking.

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Redox

Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.

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Rosin

Rosin, also called colophony or Greek pitch (pix graeca), is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vaporize the volatile liquid terpene components.

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Shive (papermaking)

A shive is a small bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the chemical pulp used in papermaking. Kraft process and shive (papermaking) are papermaking.

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Sieve

A sieve, fine mesh strainer, or sift, is a tool used for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the particle size distribution of a sample, using a screen such as a woven mesh or net or perforated sheet material.

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Smurfit Westrock

Smurfit Westrock plc is an Irish-American company based in Dublin, Ireland that manufactures corrugated and paper-based packaging.

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Soap

Soap is a salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications.

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Soda pulping

Soda pulping is a chemical process for making wood pulp with sodium hydroxide as the cooking chemical. Kraft process and soda pulping are chemical processes, papermaking and pulp and paper industry.

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Sodium carbonate

Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula and its various hydrates.

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Sodium hydroxide

Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye and caustic soda, is an inorganic compound with the formula.

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Sodium sulfate

Sodium sulfate (also known as sodium sulphate or sulfate of soda) is the inorganic compound with formula Na2SO4 as well as several related hydrates. All forms are white solids that are highly soluble in water. With an annual production of 6 million tonnes, the decahydrate is a major commodity chemical product.

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Sodium sulfide

Sodium sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula Na2S, or more commonly its hydrate Na2S·9H2O.

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Softwood

Scots pine, a typical and well-known softwood Softwood is wood from gymnosperm trees such as conifers.

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Steam

Steam is a substance containing water in the gas phase, often mixed with air and/or an aerosol of liquid water droplets.

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Sulfide

Sulfide (also sulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion of sulfur with the chemical formula S2− or a compound containing one or more S2− ions.

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Sulfite process

The sulfite process produces wood pulp that is almost pure cellulose fibers by treating wood chips with solutions of sulfite and bisulfite ions. Kraft process and sulfite process are chemical processes, papermaking and pulp and paper industry.

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Sulfur

Sulfur (also spelled sulphur in British English) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16.

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Sulfur cycle

The important sulfur cycle is a biogeochemical cycle in which the sulfur moves between rocks, waterways and living systems.

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Sulfur dioxide

Sulfur dioxide (IUPAC-recommended spelling) or sulphur dioxide (traditional Commonwealth English) is the chemical compound with the formula.

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Surfactant

Surfactants are chemical compounds that decrease the surface tension or interfacial tension between two liquids, a liquid and a gas, or a liquid and a solid.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Tall oil

Tall oil, also called liquid rosin or tallol, is a viscous yellow-black odorous liquid obtained as a by-product of the kraft process of wood pulp manufacture when pulping mainly coniferous trees. Kraft process and tall oil are papermaking.

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Thickening agent

A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties.

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Turpentine

Turpentine (which is also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthine, terebenthene, terebinthine and, colloquially, turps) is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines. Kraft process and turpentine are papermaking.

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Ultimate tensile strength

Ultimate tensile strength (also called UTS, tensile strength, TS, ultimate strength or F_\text in notation) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking.

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Volatility (chemistry)

In chemistry, volatility is a material quality which describes how readily a substance vaporizes.

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Waste

Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials.

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Weyerhaeuser

The Weyerhaeuser Company is an American timberland company which owns nearly of timberlands in the U.S., and manages an additional of timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada.

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White liquor

White liquor is a strongly alkaline solution mainly of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. Kraft process and White liquor are papermaking.

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Wood

Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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Woodchips

Woodchips are small- to medium-sized pieces of wood formed by cutting or chipping larger pieces of wood such as trees, branches, logging residues, stumps, roots, and wood waste.

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See also

1879 in Germany

1879 in science

Pulp and paper industry

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_process

Also known as Kraft cooking, Kraft pulping, Screening (process stage).

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