CHE5167

Laboratory work

6 points
* Full-year subject
* Clayton

Objectives The student is expected to acquire a basic experimental knowledge and understanding of wood analysis and pulping, pulp bleaching; laboratory beating, hand sheet making and standard testing; fibre microscopy; wet end chemistry evaluation methods; other processing techniques.

Synopsis Wood analysis and preparation. Chemical and mechanical pulping. Beating, sheet-making and testing. Bleaching. Fibre microscopy. Performance assessment of paper products. Wet end chemistry. Other processing techniques.