Wood Chemistry, Products and Processes

Information Page - Spring 2000

Section 1---Basic Wood Chemistry.

Wood Ultrastructure	General Organic Chemistry
Carbohydrates and Polysaccharides	Hemicelluloses
Cellulose	Reactions of Polysaccharides
Lignin	Reactions of Lignin
Extractives	Wood--Biopolymer Composite
Techniques in Wood Chemistry	Accessing Chemical Information (pdf file)

• Overhead slides associated with Section One.
• Gallery of Chime Images. UPDATED: 4Feb2000

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Section 2---Pulping, Bleaching and Fiber Preparation.

Wood Preparation	Mechanical Pulping
Sulfite Pulping	Kraft Pulping
Kraft Chemical Recovery	Pulp Bleaching
Pulp Processing	Beating and Refining

• Wood Pulping---Process and Yield.
• Pulping Processes Based on pH.

Section 3---Papermaking and Paperboard Operations.

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Section 4---Miscellaneous Chemical Processes.

Combustion and Pyrolysis	Weathering of Wood
Biotechnology in Forest Products (pdf file)	Chemicals, Cellulose Derivatives

• TAPPI "Over the Wire." Weekly notices concerning the pulp and paper industry.
• The Helm Laboratory Home Page.
• Uses of Wood. A schematic which shows general uses of wood with emphasis on chemical wood processing.
• Basics of High Performance Liquid Chromatography.

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This hypermedia page is maintained by Richard Helm, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0323