The pulp and paper industry
Next offered in 1995
4 points * First semester * Clayton
Resource location, species types, harvesting, constraints, forest management, silviculture, forest industry structure. Alternative uses for resources, non-wood resources, recycle paper. Wood morphology, chemical composition, relationship of wood and paper properties. Chemistry and physics of pulping, pulp properties and analysis. Review of processes used in Australia, differences between chemical and mechanical pulps. Markets for pulp and paper. Recycling.