Effect of pulping and bleaching on pulp carbohydrates and technical properties.

• Pulping and bleaching have a profound effect on the carbohydrate chem. of kraft pulps.  The chem. structure of xylan is modified due to the conversion of methylglucuronic acid side groups to hexenuronic acid side groups.  Pulping conditions strongly affect the amt. of hexenuronic acid present in the pulp and subsequently modified kraft pulps have different carboxyl group profiles as compared with conventionally cooked pulps.  Due to its reactivity, hexenuronic acid is readily degraded when chlorine dioxide or ozone are used as bleaching chems.  However, TCF-pulps bleached with peroxide and oxygen contain high amts. of hexenuronic acid.  Thus, depending on the pulping and bleaching method, the quality and quantity of carboxylic acids in different types of pulps varies significantly.  The differences in the uronic acid content are in turn reflected in the macroscale properties of the pulps, such as brightness stability.       

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Kemiteknik -- Polymerteknologi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Chemical Engineering -- Polymer Technologies (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Polymerkemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Polymer Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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