From Rag to Wood : The Review of the Technologies of Producing Pulp from Wood (Part I)

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  • ぼろから木材へ：木材パルプ技術開発の歴史（前編）
  • ボロ カラ モクザイ エ : モクザイ パルプ ギジュツ カイハツ ノ レキシ(ゼンペン)

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In Europe, rag was a main pulp source in paper making until the midst of the nineteenth century. As the demand of paper increased in the industrial revolution, new pulp source had to be developed, and some visionaries thought that wood would be able to be an alternative. So, the work to produce pulp from wood started, and major pulping processes, ground wood, alkaline (soda and kraft) and sulfite processes, were industrially established in such a short period as about 50 years. As pulp became affluently available, paper was widely used and helped develop intellectual and social activities. In some sense, the technology of producing pulp from wood is as important as the invention of paper 2000 years ago, and helped the cultural development of mankind in the twentieth century.<BR>In the first half of this paper, the history of producing ground wood pulp, and soda and kraft pulp was reviewed. In the latter half of this paper that will appear in the next volume, sulfite process was reviewed. Then, how those technologies influenced the cultural development in the twentieth century was discussed.

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  • JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL

    JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL 67 (11), 1308-1315, 2013

    JAPAN TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY

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