To investigate the manufacture of dissolving pulp from red pine by NH
3 base SP process, some comparisons between NH
3 and Ca base cookings are made. The results may be summerized as follows:
1. Under the same cooking conditions, the results of cookings by NH
3 base process differ considerably from those by Ca base process. The NH
3 base process gives lower yield of knots and higher yield of pulps, and its observed cooking velocity seems smaller than that of Ca base. (Fig.1)
2. Ca base process with larger amount of combined acid or lower cooking temperature than, those of NH
3 base cooking gives almost the same results as NH
3 base in specific knot (knot×100/pulp) and the amount of SO
2 consummed. But in this case, to obtain the same yield of pulp by both processes, Ca base needs longer cooking time. Hence the practical cooking velocity of NH
3 base is larger than that of Ca base. (Fig. 2, 3)
3. In case of NH
3 base process, the degree of increase in specific knot by shortening the penetrating time of the cooking liquor is smaller than that in case of Ca base. It may be said that NH
3 base with shorter penetrating time the same cooking results as that by Ca base. (Fig.2) is obtainable.
4. The qualities of pulps obtained by both processes are almost the same in unbleached and bleached conditions at the same yield, except of slightly higher value in α-cellulose of unbleached and α-and β-cellulose of bleached pulps by NH
3 base. Pulps of both processes are not distingushable in bleaching process. (Fig. 4-14)
From the above, it is concluded that the manufacture of dissolving pulp by NH
3 base process is promising.
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