The spent liquor (black liquor) of alkali-methanol-anthraquinone cooking (AMA) of beech (
Fagus crenata) was compared with beech kraft black liquor to get the better understanding of AMA pulping.
The results are summarized as follows :
(1) The yield of syringol and guaiacol formed in AMA cooking of extractives-free wood meal were 0.50 and 0.25% based on original wood, while in kraft cooking 0.18 and 0.17 %.
(2) The color of AMA lignin was light yellow-brown and L
*a
*b
* it by using a colormeter were 48.0, 8.8, and 21.0. The color of kraft lignin was dark brown and L
* a
* b
* of it were 30.6, 3.7, and 8.8.
(3) Ultraviolet absorbance E (
lg
-1cm
-1) of AMA lignin at 230-300 nm was a little higher than that of kraft lignin. On the other hand, the E of AMA lignin at 300-400 nm was lower than that of kraft lignin.
(4) The ionization difference spectrum (ΔEi) of AMA lignin at 250-260 nm was about 1.5 times of that of kraft lignin. AMA lignin has more free phenolic hydroxy group than kraft lignin.
(5) Therefore, the mechanism of delignification in AMA pulping is very different from that of kraft pulping.
(6) The evaporation rate of AMA black liquor on the heating hot plate at 120°C under atmosphere was more than twice of that of kraft black liquor.
(7) The AMA black liquor concentrated to one-fifth of its original volume was liquid at room temperature, while the kraft black liquor concentrated to the same level was high viscous liquid.
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