
VI 
CONTENTS 
9 Paper Manufacture 
9.1 Introduction 209 
9.2 The Paper Machine 209 
9.3 The Headbox 211 
9.4 The Fourdrinier Wet End .... 214 
9.5 Twin Wire Formers 230 
9.6 The Cylinder Machine 234 
9.7 The Press Section 235 
9.8 The Dryer Section 240 
9.9 Post Drying Operations 245 
9.10 Paper Machine Broke System .. 251 
9.11 Conversion 252 
9.12 Coating 254 
9.13 Annotated Bibliography 258 
Exercises 262 
10 Fiber from Recycled Paper 
10.1 Introduction 263 
10.2 Recycled Fiber Preparation .... 263 
10.3 Recycled Fiber Recovery 266 
10.4 Annotated Bibliography 279 
Exercises 282 
11 Enviromnental Impact 
11.1 Introduction 283 
11.2 Water Pollution 284 
11.3 Water Quality Tests 285 
11.4 Aqueous Effluent Treatments . . 287 
11.5 Air Pollution 290 
11.6 Air Quality Tests and Control . . 290 
11.7 Solid Waste Disposal 293 
11.8 U.S. Regulations 294 
11.9 Annotated Bibliography 295 
Exercises 296 
12 Metric and English Units and Unit Analysis 
12.1 Metric Units 297 
12.2 English and Metric Units 297 
12.3 Unit Analysis 308 
Exercises 311 
13 Introductory Chemistry Review 
13.1 The Elements 312 
13.2 Ionic and Covalent Bonds .... 314 
13.3 Hydrogen Bonding 315 
13.4 The Mole and Mass Percentage . 316 
13.5 Equivalency, Molarity, and 
Normality 317 
13.6 Acids, Bases, and the pH Scale . 318 
13.7 The Law of Mass Action 323 
13.8 Solubility Products 324 
13.9 Oxidation-Reduction Reactions . 326 
13.10 Electrochemistry 327 
13.11 Practical Aspects of 
Electrochemistry 330 
13.12 Properties of Gases 331 
13.13 Annotated Bibliography 333 
Exercises 333 
14 Analytical and Coordinate Chemistry 
14.1 Strong Acid—Strong Base Titrations 335 
14.2 pH Properties of Weak Acid-
Conjugate Base Pairs ....... 336 
14.3 pH Indicators 337 
14.4 Titration of a Weak Acid with a 
Strong Base or Weak Base with a 
Strong Acid 338 
14.5 Reduction-Oxidation Titrations 339 
14.6 Colorimetric Analysis 342 
14.7 Coordinate Chemistry 343 
14.8 Miscellaneous Considerations . . 346 
14.9 Annotated Bibliography 346 
Exercises 347 
15 Calculations of Wood, Paper, and Other 
Materials 
15.1 Wood Moisture Content and Density 348 
15.2 Pulpwood Measurement 351 
15.3 Tensile Strength and Breaking Length 
of Materials 352 
15.4 Paper Properties 354 
Exercises 357 
16 Pulping Calculations 
16.1 General Chemical Pulping 
Definitions 359 
16.2 Kraft Liquor—Chemical 
Calculations 359 
16.3 Kraft Liquor—Chemical Analysis 363 
16.4 Specific Gravity and Viscosity of 
Kraft Liquors 367 
16.5 Importance of Black Liquor pH . 368 
16.6 Kraft H-Factor and Other Process 
Control Equations 368 
16.7 Sulfite Liquor Calculations .... 372 
16.8 Sulfite Liquor Analysis 375 
16.9 The Chemistry of Sulfiir 376 
16.10 Calcining Equations 377 
16.11 Annotated Bibliography 377 
Exercises 378 
17 Bleaching and Pulp Properties Calculations 
17.1 Dilution Water Calculations ... 379 
17.2 Chlorine Bleaching 379