The object of this paper is to examine the influence of the changes in water retention value (WRV) of Douglas fir TMP by post-chemical substitution on the sheet density and the sheet strength.
TMP classified 42 wire mesh was modified by carboxyme-thylation and methylation to the various degree of substitution. Then, yeild, degree of substitution (DS) of the introduced groups, WRV, heat of wetting, crystallinity, sheet density and sheet strengths of each modified TMP were determined.
The following results were obtained.
1. Weight increase of TMP after carboxymethylation or methylation increased only a little and the rate of delignification during these reaction was relatively small.
2. WRV and heat of wetting of carboxymethylated TMP (CM-TMP) increased with an increse in DS of carboxymethyl group, while methylated, TMP (M-TMP) gave the maxima of WRV and heat of wetting at 0.37 of DS of methoxyl group. WRV of CM-TMP showed the greater value than that of M-TMP.
3. The crystallinity of CM-TMP and M-TMP fibers decreased with an increase in DS of carboxymethyl or methoxyl group. The decrease of crystallinity becomes more remarkable by carboxymethylation than by methylation.
4. Density of CM-TMP handsheets increased with an increase in WRV, while the density of M-TMP handsheets showed a maxima at 0.82 of DS of methoxyl groups.
5. An increase in TMP sheet density caused by the carboxymethylation and methylation results in the increase in tensile strength and burst factor of the handsheets. The both strengths of M-TMP showed a maximum at 0.37 of DS of methoxyl group. On the other hand, it was found that CM-TMP or M-TMP handsheets showed a maximum value with the tear factor.
6. It can be seen from the scanning electron photomicrograph that the enhance in TMP flexibility and conformability followed by swelling with the process of carboxymethylation or methylation results in increase in the relative bonded area between the fibers in the handsheets.
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