01889nas|a2200277 i 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000160007324500630008926000520015230000140020449000260021850200570024450001030030152008090040465000110121365000130122465000130123770000360125070000450128670000430133171000580137471000560143281000580148885600650154620260817161333.0030124s2002    th  u m rtt  00|  a1eng d  a.b118747641 aLiu, Fuping14aSuitability of Acacia pulp for woodfree coating basepapers  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2002  a84 leaves1 aThesis ;vno. PP-02-9  aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.  aThe suitability of acacia (Acacia mangium) pulp for making woodfree coating (WFC) basepaper had been studied. The evaluation is done by comparing it with the other two kinds of commonly used raw materials for this purpose - eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) and Nordic birch (Betula pendula & Betula pubescens), upon the critical properties required by WFC basepaper at the basis of same strength and roughness level. Results show that acacia is a superior new raw material for WFC basepaper in that it produces paper of excellent formation and smoothness, outstanding bulk and bending stiffness, high light scattering coefficient, good tear strength, acceptable porosity and oil absorbency. However, it also shows difficulty in refining and relatively poor paper strength compare to birch and eucalyptus. 0aAcacia 0aPulpwood 0aCoatings1 aRetulainen, Elias,eChairperson1 aNazhad, Mousa M.,eExamination Committee1 aRuhanen, Mauno,eExamination Committee2 aQueen's Scholarship for the Asian,eScholarship Donor2 aEnvironment Development Program,eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. PP-02-9  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B07413