Date of Award
4-1996
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Chemical and Paper Engineering
Department
Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging
First Advisor
Dr. Raja Aravamuthan
Second Advisor
Dr. David Peterson
Third Advisor
Dr. Ellsworth Shriver
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The effects of recycling paper that has undergone aging for different periods on paper and fiber properties like strength, weighted average fiber length, and water retention value were investigated in this study. Old Newspapers (ONP) with different periods of natural aging (between 1 to 10 months) were recycled repeatedly for up to six times. Another goal was the study of aging effects on paper properties using accelerated aging at high temperatures (105±2) °C. Four different aging times (24, 48, 72, and 144 hours) were employed.
The results showed that naturally aged ONP loses little in strength properties up to 7 months; later, there is a significant decrease. The accelerated aging tests showed strength loses for all aging periods. The water retention value decreases with increasing aging time and number of repeated recycling. The age of the recycled paper is found to be a more important variable than the number of times that the paper has been recycled. It is also found that 10 months of natural aging is equivalent to less than 24 hours of accelerated aging under the experimental conditions.
Recommended Citation
Wu, Zhuang, "The Effect of Age and Recycling on Paper Quality" (1996). Masters Theses. 4921.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4921