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Paper Science Engineering Core Concepts

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Light rings in wood are known as what?






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






3. What is common filler?






4. What does PGW mean?






5. Disadvantages of recycled pulping?






6. What does CTMP mean?






7. What are the steps of Mechanical Pulping?






8. Advantages of Mechanical Pulping?






9. What is freeness?






10. What are some disadvantages of Chemical pulping?






11. What are the advantages of Kraft pulping?






12. What two types of paperboard are in a typical box?






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






14. What is the PRIMARY goal of pulping processes?






15. What does TMP mean?






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






17. What is Active Alkali?






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






19. What is brownstock?






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






21. What is Sulfidity?






22. What does SGW mean?






23. Define Fluff Pulp.






24. What is formation?






25. What are some advantages of Semi- chemical pulping?






26. What is the largest paper grade in the US by weight?






27. What percentage of the average P&W sheet is Softwood?






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






29. What is the function of the Cambium?






30. What are the jobs of the Recovery Boiler?






31. What is Effective Alkali?






32. What are some products of Recycled Pulping?






33. Name the primary purpose of the headbox.






34. What is the single product of Semi- chemical pulping?






35. How is brightness measured?






36. Define Market Pulp.






37. What are the four broad categories of pulping?






38. What is black liquor?






39. What is the purpose of sizing additives?






40. What do retention aids do?






41. What are the steps to recycled pulping?






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






43. What is the primary goal of bleaching?






44. List the 3 types of Wet end machines.






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






46. What do fillers do?






47. List the 3 forces of wet end water removal.






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






49. What do the stages in DEDED do?






50. Define Paper.