Date of Award
4-1969
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Pulp and Paper Technology
Abstract
The contents of this thesis examine the principles behind and the effects of the application of infra-red radiation on a sheet sized with an alkylketene dimer. Handsheets were formed by the Noble and Wood procedure from bleached softwood kraft pulp beaten to a Canadian standard freeness of 390. They were sized with the dimer to a 0.2% concentration on the weight of the oven dry fiber combined with a cationic retention agent to a 0.05% concentration. It was found that infra-red radiation improved the sizing effects of the dimer.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Roland A., "The Effect of Infra-Red Radiation on the Curing Rate of an Alkylketene Dimer Sizing Agent" (1969). Paper Engineering Senior Theses. 251.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/engineer-senior-theses/251