TOF-SIMS Analysis of the Bleeding of Organic Compounds to Pulp Fiber Surface

Abstract

It was commonly found that the aging and the manufacturing conditions were influenced on the surface properties of the paper. We assumed that the change of the surface properties was caused by the bleeding of the low-molecular-mass compounds to pulp fiber surface. In order to confirm this assumption we carried out the surface analysis of handsheets using XPS and TOF-SIMS.
A handsheet was prepared from a hardwood pulp. TOF-SIMS and XPS analysis showed that the bleedable compounds, such as C-C chemical bonds increase on the surface of the sheet at high temperature.