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Paper Science Engineering Core Concepts

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1. What percent of Paper and Board in the US is RECOVERED each year?






2. What is the PRIMARY goal of pulping processes?






3. Disadvantages of Mechanical Pulping?






4. What do the stages in DEDED do?






5. What two ways is kraft pulping performed?






6. Disadvantages of recycled pulping?






7. What does the Kappa number indicate?






8. What do fillers do?






9. What are the steps of Mechanical Pulping?






10. What are some disadvantages of Semi- chemical pulping?






11. What is the primary goal of bleaching?






12. What is the per capita paper consumption for the US and China - respectively?






13. What are the 3 major grades of paper?






14. What percent of World production does the US contribute to Paper/Board?






15. When and where was paper invented?






16. What is a retention additive often used?






17. What are the three big steps to Chemical recovery?






18. What is brownstock?






19. What is the function of the Cambium?






20. What are some disadvantages of Chemical pulping?






21. What are the steps in Chemical pulping?






22. What is freeness?






23. What is Effective Alkali?






24. Where is black liquor produced and how is it seperated from the pulp?






25. What are some sizing additives?






26. What are the steps in Semi-Chemical Pulping?






27. What sets Semi-Chemical pulping apart from Chemical Pulping?






28. What is the largest paperboard grade in the US by weight?






29. What is the function of Heartwood and Sapwood?






30. What are some advantages of Chemical pulping?






31. What percentage of the average P&W sheet is Hardwood?






32. What is formation?






33. What does SGW mean?






34. What is the function of Bark?






35. Define Paper.






36. Name the primary purpose of the headbox.






37. What percentage of US production do P&W - Board - and Tissue compose?






38. What does TCF stand for?






39. What part of wood largely goes into paper?






40. What are the advantages of Kraft pulping?






41. How much Paper/Board is produced in the US a year?






42. What are the 3 main components of wood and what percentage of wood do they make up?






43. What does TMP mean?






44. What do retention aids do?






45. The set up of Evaporators and how it saves steam economy.






46. What are the steps to recycled pulping?






47. Define Market Pulp.






48. What is world production per year of paper/board?






49. What does PGW mean?






50. What percent of Paper and Board in the US is PRODUCED from RECYCLING?