Acacia auriculiformis was subjected to kraft pulping by varying operational variables, such as time, temperature, and active alkali charge. A central composite design was used to investigate the influence of operational conditions on the pulp properties (total pulp yield, screened pulp yield, kappa number tensile index, burst index and tear index) . A second order polynomial model consisting of three independent variables was found to accurately describe the kraft pulping of Acacia auriculiformis. The minimum R
2 value was above 0.94, which supported well fitting in the proposed equation. The values of screened pulp yield, total pulp yield, kappa number, tensile index, burst index and tear index at the central point of operational variables were 43.5%, 44.6%, 26.1, 41.7 N.m⁄g, 3.3 kPa.m
2⁄g and 12.3 mN.m
2⁄g, respectively, which are within the vicinity of predicted value.
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