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Method of bleaching wood pulp

  • US 2,587,064 A
  • Filed: 03/09/1949
  • Issued: 02/26/1952
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1949
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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3. A PROCESS FOR COMPLETING THE BLEACHING OF PARTIALLY BLEACHED CHEMICAL WOOD PULP COMPRISING THE STEPS OF ADDING CHLORINE DIOXIDE TO AN AQUEOUS SUSPENSION OF SAID PULP, PERMITTING SAID CHLORINE DIOXIDE TO ACT ON SAID PULP FOR A SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH OF TIME. MAINTAINING THE PH WITHIN THE RANGE OF 7 TO 10 DURING SUCH ACTION, AND AFTER SUBSTANTIALLY EXHAUSTING THE CHLORINE DIOXIDE AS AN ACTIVE BLEACHANT IN THE RESULTING SUSPENSION ADDING TO SAID PULP A QUANTITY OF AN ALKALINE HYPOCHLORITE AND AN ALKALINE HYDROXIDE WHEREBY TO PRODUCE WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL DEGRADATION A BLEACHED PULP HAVING A BRIGHTNESS IN THE RANGE OF 90 TO 98.7 AND SUITABLE FOR CONVERSION INTO CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES.

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