Botany

Pulp Wood Manufacturing, How Papers are manufactured

Pulp Wood

The term paper is derived from the word ‘papyrus’ a plant (Cyperus papyrus) that was used by Egyptians to make paper-like materials. Paper production is a Chinese invention. The Chinese discovered the paper that was prepared from the inner bark of paper mulberry in 105 A.D. For a long time, the art of paper making remained a monopoly of the Chinese until Arabs learned the technique and improved it around 750 A.D. Invention of printing increased the demand for paper.

Manufacture of Wood pulp:

Wood is converted into pulp by mechanical, and chemical processes. Wood of Melia azadirachta, Neolamarkia chinensis, Casuarina spp, Eucalyptus spp are used for making paper pulp.

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