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Paper Science Engineering Core Concepts

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






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






3. What do retention aids do?






4. What are the steps of Mechanical Pulping?






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






6. What is Active Alkali?






7. What are some disadvantages of Chemical pulping?






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






9. What is common filler?






10. What are some sizing additives?






11. What does PGW mean?






12. Name the primary purpose of the headbox.






13. What are some products of Recycled Pulping?






14. What does SGW mean?






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






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






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






18. What is formation?






19. What does TMP mean?






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






21. What do the stages in DEDED do?






22. What is black liquor?






23. What are the steps to recycled pulping?






24. What is the primary goal of bleaching?






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






26. Define Fluff Pulp.






27. Disadvantages of Mechanical Pulping?






28. What is a common wet strength aid?






29. What part of wood largely goes into paper?






30. What is the function of Heartwood and Sapwood?






31. What is the PRIMARY goal of pulping processes?






32. Define Market Pulp.






33. What happens during refining?






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






35. Dark rings in wood are known as what?






36. What is the function of the Cambium?






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






38. Define refining.






39. Define Paper.






40. What is Sulfidity?






41. What does the Kappa number indicate?






42. List the 3 types of Wet end machines.






43. What do fillers do?






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






45. What is the function of Bark?






46. List the 3 types of headboxes.






47. Advantages of Mechanical Pulping?






48. What does TCF stand for?






49. What two ways is kraft pulping performed?






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