Course Details

• Credit: 2
• Semester: 1
• Prerequisite: IWA283/2 Paper Technology Laboratory I (sequential)
  

Synopsis

This course exposes the students to the process of pulp bleaching including the calculation of chemical used and analyses of the resultant pulp and paper properties, determination of paper properties, and starch content of commercial paper products, and also the process of paper recycling. Experiments involved are the determination of various commercial paper properties, bleaching of pulp, determination of starch content of commercial papers quantitatively, and effect of pH and beating toward re-pulping.