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  2. Dissolving pulp - Wikipedia

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    Dissolving pulp is mainly produced chemically from pulpwood in a process that has a low yield (30 - 35% of the wood). This makes up of about 85 - 88% of the production. [2] Dissolving pulp is made from the sulfite process or the kraft process with an acid prehydrolysis step to remove hemicelluloses. For the highest quality, it should be derived ...

  3. Cotton paper - Wikipedia

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    In the 1800s, fiber crops such as flax fibers or cotton from used cloths (rags) were the primary material source for paper. Beginning in the mid-19th century, wood pulp supplanted cloth; despite its lower quality, wood pulp was more readily available than cloth rags as global paper production increased. [4]

  4. Lint (material) - Wikipedia

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    The term Linter: these are veritably short fibers which are not removed from seeds in the ginning process but are in special delinters machines at cotton ginning mill. The lint that is delivered to the spinning mill contains a variety of extraneous materials, including seed pieces, dust, and motes, which are collectively referred to as trash.

  5. List of paper mills - Wikipedia

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    Pars Paper Co.,producer of bagasse pulp from sugarcane, it is located in south of Iran. Bagasse pulp is used for making paper also tissue and food contact biodegradable tableware and food containers. Bagasse pulp is used for making paper also tissue and food contact biodegradable tableware and food containers.

  6. Cotton - Wikipedia

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    The largest producers of cotton, as of 2017, are India and China, with annual production of about 18.53 million tonnes (4.09 × 10 10 lb) and 17.14 million tonnes (3.78 × 10 10 lb), respectively; most of this production is consumed by their respective textile industries. The largest exporters of raw cotton are the United States, with sales of ...

  7. Cellulose acetate - Wikipedia

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    Purified cellulose from wood pulp or cotton linters is mixed with glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, and a catalyst. The mixture is aged 20 hours during which partial hydrolysis occurs and acid resin precipitates as flakes. These are dissolved in acetone and the solution is purified by filtering.

  8. Cotton bale - Wikipedia

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    A "bale of cotton" is also the standard trading unit for cotton on the wholesale national and international markets. Although different cotton-growing countries have their bale standards, for example, In the United States, cotton is usually measured at approximately 0.48 cubic meters (17 cu ft) and weighs 226.8 kilograms (500 pounds). [6]

  9. Black liquor - Wikipedia

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    Most kraft pulp mills use recovery boilers to recover and burn much of the black liquor they produce, generating steam and recovering the cooking chemicals (sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used to separate lignin from the cellulose fibres needed for papermaking). This has helped paper mills reduce problems with water emissions, reduce their ...