Wood that has been crushed to a fine pulp for use in the manufacturing of newspaper and other low-cost papers as well as hardboard is known as wood pulp. There are two ways of making wood pulp, which include chemical pulping and mechanical pulping. In...
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Wood that has been crushed to a fine pulp for use in the manufacturing of newspaper and other low-cost papers as well as hardboard is known as wood pulp. There are two ways of making wood pulp, which include chemical pulping and mechanical pulping. In chemical pulping, wood chips (from trees) are cooked using a chemical process in essentially a pressure cooker known as a digester. Finely pulped wood is been digested by a chemical, such as caustic soda and sometimes bleached. Whereas, in mechanical pulping the pulp is created through grinding wood chips instead of cooking them. Wood pulp is a versatile material used for a wide variety of products. The four most common applications for wood pulp are tissue, printing & writing papers, board, and specialty papers.
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