Infrared Microspectroscopy in the Pulp and Paper-Making Industry

Wood production, wood technology, and biotechnological impacts

“…In the field of wood science and wood technology, applications of FTIR spectroscopy emerged in identification of wood species (Barker & Owen 1999, Colom & Carillo 2005, Nuopponen et al 2006a, in determination of the nature of wood modifications made for protection against biological threads and weathering (Zollfrank & Wegener 2002, Tingaut et al 2005, Tjeerdsma & Militz 2005, physical, chemical and microbial deterioration of wood including historical and modified wood (e.g. see Nuopponen et al 2004, Pandey 2005, Genestar & Palou 2006, Pandey & Chandrashekar 2006, Prakash et al 2006, sorption of chemical compounds by wood , fibre properties (Burgert et al 2005), the nature of bonding in wood composites and wood-plastic composites , Okuda et al 2006, and paper quality, aging and/or origin (Duran & Angelo 1998, Proniewicz et al 1999, Jaaskelainen et al 2003, Lojewska et al 2005, Calvini et al 2006, Eriksson et al 2006, Polovka et al 2006, and in analysis of lignin and wood pyrolysis and coalification (Sharma et al 2004, Drobniak & Masterlerz 2006.…”

Cellulose Fibre Identification through Color Vectors of Stained Fibre

“…However, they face problems including subjective error and low accuracy. In spite of the subjectivity and lack of quantitative data, staining methods do not require complex equipment and are therefore widely used in industries utilizing polymeric materials such as wood, pulp, and paper (Parham and Gray 1990;Franke 1993;Durán and Angelo 1998;Meng et al 2013;Chen et al 2015;Liu et al 2015); fibre and textiles (Perry et al 1985); the automotive industry (Abendshien et al 2011); cultural heritage protection (Goodway 1987); archeology (Chen et al 1996;Anheuser and Roumeliotou 2003); forensic science and criminal investigation (Neel and McIntyre 2010); medicine (Kumar and Gill 2010;Kostrominova bioresources.com Jablonský et al (2015). "Cellulose fibre identification," BioResources 10(3), 5845-5862.…”

“…There are two groups of fibre identification methods, separated in terms of availability, cost, and practical use: (1) methods using complex scientific devices (Chen et al 1996;Durán and Angelo 1998;IWTO-58 2000;Bergfjord and Holst 2010;Rezič et al 2010;Paolella et al 2013) and (2) methods using subjective sensory evaluation of their form, smell, staining, and color (ČSN 1976;Goodway 1987;STN 1993;ASTM 2007;TAPPI 2008).…”