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CHE5160 - The pulp and paper industry

4 points, SCA Band 2, 0.083 EFTSL

Postgraduate Faculty of Engineering

Leader: G Garnier

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (On-campus)

Synopsis

Resource location, species types, harvesting, constraints, forest management, silviculture, forest industry structure. Alternative uses for resources, non-wood resources, recycled paper. Wood morphology and chemical composition. Pulping. Review of pulping processes used in Australia. Markets for pulp and paper.