Chemical pulp produced by cooking wood in a liquor containing sodium hydroxide and sodium sulphide
Paper pulp made from wood chips cooked under pressure in a solution of caustic soda and sodium sulphide. Known as Kraft.
Predominant fiber used by the paper industry. It is obtained by cooking wood chips with the chemicals sodium sulphate and sodium hydroxide. The sodium sulphate is converted to sodium sulphide in the process. It is the sodium sulphide that is actually the effective cooking agent, but the word sulphate is still used as the title.
Chemical pulp produced with the sulphate process. Synonym: sulphate pulp.
Chemical pulp produced by cooking wood under high pressure and at a high temperature in cooking liquor, known as white liquor (sodium hydroxide and sodium sulphide). Sulphate pulp is also known as kraft pulp.
Paper made from wood pulps cooked in a sulphate solution. Also known as kraft.