The main objective of the current study was to demonstrate that it is possible to enhance strength properties of sheets from spruce HT-CTMP and CTMP furnishes up to the same level as is common on sheets from softwood kraft pulps by changing conditions in papermaking. To achieve that, sheets of spruce HT-CTMP and CTMP were consolidated at densities close to that of the reference bleach kraft pulp by pressing at press nip temperatures well above the tack and softening temperatures of lignin. On sheets from spruce CTMP (CSF 420 ml), where the fibers were surface treated with cationic starch, it was possible to reach tensile index at the same level as on sheets from the untreated reference kraft pulp. The compression strength (SCT) of CTMP and HT-CTMP sheets, which were achieved at the highest press nip temperature (200 °C) in the study, was equal to or higher than that of the reference kraft pulp sheets. The results show that there is a great yet unexploited potential in papermaking from spruce HT-CTMP and CTMP furnishes, which could be utilized in manufacturing of products where very high requirements upon strength is demanded.
SUMMARY:The construction of alternating multilayers of cationic potato starch and anionic carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) was investigated in two parts. In the first part, stagnation point adsorption reflectometry (SPAR) showed that the chosen chemicals formed polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEM) upon adsorption to the silicon oxide surface. This was in accordance with earlier work. The chosen polyelectrolytes adsorbed to similar extents on the silicon oxide surface and recharged the surface enough to allow for adsorption of a consecutive layer. In the second part, the multilayer concept was tested on 80/20, 20/80% of total in mixture of mixed spruce CTMP and bleached chemical pulp in order to enhance the sheet strength properties of a typical packaging board furnish.. The multilayers yielded a significant improvement in Scott Bond values and tensile index and a marginal improvement in tensile stiffness index. The Scott Bond values were improved more than 150% for papers prepared from a furnish consisting of 80% spruce CTMP and 20% chemical pulp. Polyelectrolyte multilayers treatment also led to a slight densification of the sheets, but the polyelectrolyte multilayers treatment resulted in a more favourable density/strength relationship than that achieved with a change in the amount of chemical pulp. ADDRESSES OF THE AUTHORS: Gunilla Pettersson(gunilla.pettersson@miun.se) and Hans Höglund, (hans.hoglund@miun.se):
SUMMARY:Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEM) consisting of cationic starch and anionic carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) have been applied to different pulp fibres in order to enhance the outof-plane sheet strength properties of a typical packaging board furnish. An unbleached softwood chemical pulp was treated with multilayers consisting of two layers of cationic starch and one layer of CMC, and then mixed with different mechanical and chemimechanical pulps. Hand sheets were prepared with the aid of the Rapid Köthen sheet former from stocks consisting of 20% treated chemical pulp and 80% mechanical or chemimechanical pulp, which was either PGW from spruce, HT-CTMP from spruce or birch, or a standard spruce CTMP. Multilayer treatment significantly improved Scott Bond values and in some cases improved the tensile index, with the achieved effects being significantly larger than the effects of applying starch alone. Positive effects were obtained by treating only 20% of the furnish, showing a very high efficiency of the adsorbed multilayers.Compared to earlier work, one important finding was that the PEM treatment should preferably be applied only to the chemical pulp and not on the entire stock. It was possible to increase the out-of-plane strength properties, measured as Scott Bond values, with just a very small increase in density of the sheets. Multilayer treatment of the chemical pulp improved the joint strength between the fibres while maintaining the high bulk of the sheets prepared from the stiff mechanical and chemimechanical fibres.
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