The relationship between wood and kraft pulp properties was examined using within-tree tree variation on two trees of
E. camaldulensis grown in Western Australia. Many pulp properties were related to wood properties analysed by chemical determination of wood components and their structures, at 1% level of significance. Multiple regression analysis of pulp properties on wood properties revealed significant independent variables as follows :
1. Pulp yield : total-extractives content, arabinose and galactose mol.%.
2. Sheet density : total-extractives content, galactose mol.%, cellulose content/hemicellulose content.
3. Burst factor : xylose mol.%, total-extractives content.
4. Breaking length : xylose mol.%, lignin S/G ratio.
5. Tear factor : basic density, hemicellulose content.
6. Folding endurance : total-extractives content.
7. Unbleached brightness : total-extractives content, galactose and arabinose mol.%, hemicellulose content.
8. Kapper number : total-extractives content, arabinose mol.%, cellulose content/hemicellulose content.
Significant regression equations at 1% level were obtained for all pulp properties except tear factor (5% level). And we also look forward to applying them for prediction of whole-tree pulp properties by an increment core from the representative height without cutting a tree.
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