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Paper Science Engineering Core Concepts

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1. What are the jobs of the Recovery Boiler?






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






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






4. What is the H- factor? What does it tell us?






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






6. What do fillers do?






7. What is formation?






8. What is the function of Heartwood and Sapwood?






9. What is Effective Alkali?






10. When and where was paper invented?






11. What is the PRIMARY goal of pulping processes?






12. Define Fluff Pulp.






13. What is common filler?






14. What are the steps to recycled pulping?






15. What are the steps of Mechanical Pulping?






16. What is brownstock?






17. What is black liquor?






18. What is a retention additive often used?






19. What is Active Alkali?






20. What is the primary goal of bleaching?






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






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






23. How is brightness measured?






24. Advantages of Mechanical Pulping?






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






26. What does the Kappa number indicate?






27. What is the function of the Cambium?






28. What are some sizing additives?






29. What are the advantages of Kraft pulping?






30. What does PGW mean?






31. What does TMP mean?






32. List the 3 types of Wet end machines.






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






34. What are the steps in Chemical pulping?






35. What is freeness?






36. What does TCF stand for?






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






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






39. What are the four broad categories of pulping?






40. Dark rings in wood are known as what?






41. What are some products of Chemical pulping?






42. Light rings in wood are known as what?






43. What are the three types of chemical pulping?






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






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






46. What are the 3 major grades of paper?






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






48. What do retention aids do?






49. Define Market Pulp.






50. What is the function of Bark?