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Gross wood characteristics affecting properties of handsheets made from loblolly pine refiner groundwood

Informally Refereed

Abstract

Specific refining energy and gross wood properties accounted for as much as 90% of the total variation in strength of handsheets made from 96 pulps disk-refined from chips of varying characteristics. Burst, tear, and breaking length were increased by applying high specific refining energy and using fast-grown wood of high latewood content but of relatively low density. To maximize sheet density, only high refining energy and high proportion of latewood were required.

Citation

McMillin, Charles W. 1968. Gross wood characteristics affecting properties of handsheets made from loblolly pine refiner groundwood. Tappi, Vol. 51(1): 51-56
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/24091