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CHEMICALS USED IN PULP & PAPER MANUFACTURING AND COATING

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CHEMICALS USED IN PULP & PAPER MANUFACTURING AND COATING

Common Name Chemical Name Chemical Formula Used For Specific Density 2.6 2.8 Other Characteristics A natural fibrous form of talc, gray in color.

Agalite or Talc

Silicate of Magnesia

MgO-32%, SiO2-62%

It gives paper a greasy or soapy feel. and enables it to take a high finish. Sizing

AKD

Alkyl Ketene Dimer Alganic acid or Na-Alginate Sulfate of Alumina Natural Sulfate of Lime

C4H4O2

Alganic Acid

Na-(C6H 8O6)n Al2(SO4)3.18H 2O

Coating and surface treatment For alkaline sizing along with Rosin A calcium salt that is used for a variety of purposes including: 1.62

Alum

Albarine

CaSO4.2H2O 100%

2.4

building materials. Ammonium Bisulfite Ammonium Zirconium Carbonate (AZC) Ammonium Zirconium Carbonate NH 4HSO3 CH2O3NH3Zr Used in sulfite pulping Used as insolubilizer, crosslinker & hardener 1.36 AZC is a clear, usually colorless solution, having an odor of ammonia and a pH of approximately 9.5. As a carbonate, it will react with acids, and so should not be used in coating systems below pH 7. In storage, it is stable for up to six months. yellow crystalline powder

Anthraquinone

Anthraquinone

C14H8O2

Added to white liquor (alkaline cooking liquor) to improve pulp yield and to increase the rate of delignification. To prevent foam (anti-foam) or to destroy it once it has formed (defoamer).

1.44

AntiFoam/Defoamer

Surface active, but highly insoluble in water.

Asbestine

Silicate of Magnesia

MgO-32%, SiO2-62%

It is used as a loading agent in paper manufacture, particularly for blotting papers and board.

2.6 2.8

A mineral compound of almost pure fibrous magnesium silicate, which possesses physical characteristics between those of talc and asbestos.

APE

Alkylphenol Ethoxylates

CH3(CH 2)n(C6H 4) (OCH 2CH2)m-OH

Used as cleaning agents or surfactants Sizing

ASA

Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride Barium Sulfate BaSO4 - 100%

Barium Sulfate

Used as a pigment

4.2-4.5

White insoluble powder.

Barytes Blanc Fixe

Barium Sulfate Barium Sulfate

BaSO4 - 100% BaSO4 - 100%

Used as filler Used as a base for watercolor pigments and as a filler in paper. Used in Sulfite pulping Binder or adhesive in coating formulation Sizing

4.2-4.5 4.2-4.5 Powdered barium sulfate

Calcium Bisulfite

Ca(HSO3)2

Casein

A milk phosphoprotein

CMC

Carboxy Methyl Cellulose Sodium Hydroxide NaOH

Caustic Lye or Caustic Soda or Lye Chalk (Precipitated)

Pulping and to maintain pH

Precipitated Calcium Carbonate Silicate of Magnesia

CaCO3 - 100%

Filler particularly with acidic sizing coating pigment

2.7-2.9

High Brightness & Opacity A soft white compact talc

Chalk (French or Spanish)

4MgO+5SiO2+H2O; MgO - 33%; SiO2 62% Al2O3-40%; SiO2-46%; H 2O13% ClO2 Cl2 Filler, Coating

2.6-2.9

China Clay, Kaolin

Hydrated Silicate of Alumina

2.4-2.7

Chlorine Dioxide Chlorine Gas

Chlorine Dioxide Chlorine

In Pulp Bleaching In Pulp Bleaching and water treatment Filler, Coating

2.86 2.86

Dolomite

Calcium Magnesium Carbonate Diethylene Triamine Penta Acetate

CaMg(CO3)2

2.86

DTPA

C14H33N 3O10

Used for chelation (removal of transition metals from pulp). Used for chelation (removal of transition metals from pulp). Deinking

EDTA

Ethylene Diamine Tetra acetic Acid

C10H16N 2O8

Enzyme FSA Formamidine Sulphuric Acid or Thiourea Dioxide Natural Polymer CH4N 2SO2

Post Deinking bleaching

Guar Gum

Dry Strength Additive CaSO4.2H2O Gypsum board, 2.4

cationic derivative

Gypsum or Mineral White or Plaster Hydrogen

Natural Sulfate of Lime

Hydrogen

H2O2

In Pulp Bleaching

3.13-

Peroxide Hypochlorous Acid Lime

Peroxide Hypochlorous Acid Calcium Oxide HOCl In Pulp Bleaching

3.4

CaO

Alkaline Pulping Process Chemical Recovery, Bleaching To make Lime Precipitated CaCO3 is used as Filler and in Coating Used in Sulfite pulping

3.133.4

Lime Stone

Calcium Carbonate

CaCO3

Magnesium Bisulfite Magnesite Magnesium Carbonate Oxygen Ozone Abietic Acid Sodium Abietate Sodium Sulfate

Mg(HSO3)2

MgCO3 -100%

2.5

Oxygen Ozone Rosin Rosin Soap Salt Cake

O2 O3 C19H29COOH C19H29COONa Na2SO410H 2O

In Pulp Bleaching In Pulp Bleaching Sizing Sizing Makeup chemical in sulfate pulping chemical recovery (Na2SO4. ---Na2S) Deinking 2.4

Soap/ Fatty Acid Sodium Bisulfite NaHSO3 Na2CO3

Used in Sulfite pulping Makeup chemical in alkaline pulping chemical recovery (Na2CO3 +Ca(OH)2 --2NaOH+CaCO3) Bleaching 2.432.51

Soda Ash

Sodium Carbonate

Sodium Dithionite

Sodium Hydrosulfite

Na2 O4 S2

2.20

White crystalline powder with weak sulforous odor

Sodium Hypochlorite Sodium Silicate

Sodium Hypochlorite Sodium Silicate

NaOCl

Pulp bleaching

Na2SiO3

In waste paper deinking for wetting, peptization, ink dispersion, peroxide stabilization. Dispersant

Sodium tripolyphosphate Starch

Sodium tripolyphosphate .

Na5P3O10 Comprised of

Wet and dry end

glucose units linked together by oxygen bridges called glycosides Sulfur Sulfur S

additive

To make HSO3 for bi-sulfite pulping Used in deinking,Used as debonders in fluff pulp manufacture.

Surfactant

Titania

Titanium Dioxide

TiO2

Filler to increase the opacity and brightness of paper. Used in coating also.

3.844.26

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