Handbook of Paper and Pulp Chemicals PDF

Paper and pulp processing and additive chemicals represent a $10 billion a year global industry. These chemicals are an integral part of the total papermaking process from pulp slurry, through sheet formation, to effluent disposal. Environmental concerns, increased use of recycled waste paper as a replacement for virgin pulp, changes in bleaching and pulping processes, increased efficiency requirements for the papermaking process, limits on effluent discharge as well as international competitiveness have greatly impacted the paper and pulp chemical additive market.

Both the Handbook of Paper and Pulp Chemicals and the software version are designed to function as a selection tool for papermaking additives at all points of the process. They centralize information on currently available chemicals from the major manufacturers of these products by profiling both trade name and generic chemicals, detailing their properties, uses, use levels, regulatory status, toxicology, sources for purchase, etc.

This Handbook includes information on process additives that improve the operation of the paper machine (retention and drainage aids, biocides, dispersants, and defoamers); functional additives that improve the properties of the paper product (fillers, sizing agents, colorants and dyes, optical brighteners, and wet-strength and dry-strength additives), and effluent mitigating chemicals (sludge conditioners and wastewater antifoamers/defoamers).

Author: Michael and Irene Ash