Action Mechanism of the Improvement of Printability for Eucalypt Bleached Kraft Pulp Pretreated by Cellulase

Abstract:

Enzymatic refining of eucalypt bleached kraft pulp with the cellulase NOV476 was studied. The effects of this cellulase on the physical properties of pulp, fiber morphology and fiber appearance of the eucalypt bleached kraft pulp in different application conditions were discussed. The results show that, with the increase in the amount of enzyme, tensile strength index, burst index and TEA index of paper are increased and then decreased; elongation and tear index of paper have been declining, Zeeil tensile strength index has been an upward trend. Without beating the pulp sample, gradually increases as the amount of enzyme, the average fiber length and the average fiber width are gradually reduced, while mean kink index substantially constant. Number of vessels in fiber overall reduced tendency reaches a minimum in the amount of enzyme 0.5μ/g, the phenomenon is most obvious. In the same conditions of beating time, gradually increases as the amount of enzyme, the average fiber length is gradually reduced, an average fiber width is gradually increased, the mean kink index reaches a maximum in the amount of enzyme is 0.5μ/g. Number of vessels in fiber overall reduced trend.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 779-780)
• Pages: 294-301
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.779-780.294
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Wan You Tang, Li Chen, Zheng Jian Zhang
• Keywords: Eucalypt Bleached Kraft Pulp, Fiber Morphology, Fiber Shape, NOV476 Cellulase, Physical Properties

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