Applications of Wet-End Paper Chemistry

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thorn, Ian (Editor), Au, Che On (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Chemical engineering.; Materials science.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Materials Science, general.

Very rarely is paper produced without the aid of chemicals. This second edition of Applications of Wet-End Paper Chemistry describes the types, uses and application of most of the chemicals used at the wet end of a paper, board and (to some extent) tissue machine. The editors Dr. Ian Thorn (Business...

Table of Contents:

• Improving Productivity and Quality by Controlling Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological Deposits
• Retention and Drainage
• Foam and Entrained Air Management: A Practical Perspective
• Sizing in Acid, Neutral and Alkaline Conditions
• Fillers
• The Improvement of Dry Strength by Synthetic Polymers
• Wet-Strengthening of Paper in Neutral pH Papermaking Conditions
• Starch in the Wet-End
• Paper Colouration
• Online Monitoring and Control in the Wet-End.