Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives The student is expected to acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of trees and wastepaper as the principal raw material in paper making, of wood and pulping chemistry, of the structure of the Australian paper industry and of the role of standard test methods.
Synopsis 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, standard methods. Chemistry of pulping. Pulp physical properties and analysis. Review of processes used in Australia, differences between chemical and mechanical pulps. Markets for pulp and paper. Recycling.