A - Z OF PAPER CHEMISTRY

ENVIROCELL

The idea for this CD-rom grew out of the author's involvement in running courses and writing on certain aspects of paper chemistry over the last 20 years (see below for more details). At the start of this time, there were no books of any sort dedicated to this important subject, but, over the last 12 years, a number of excellent chemistry-centred books have appeared in print to fill the gap. The difference between these paper-based books and the "A-Z of Practical Paper Chemistry" is that this is written specifically for computer viewing and, as the title strongly suggests, is structured alphabetically rather than in thematic chapters. However, the key to its practical use is the bookmarked alphabetic arrangement allied to the extensive hyperlinking within the text. Whilst it is probably most intelligible to users with some chemical knowledge, it does provide definitions of many general chemical terms to help the non-chemist.

The A-Z of Practical Paper Chemistry can be used for various purposes depending on circumstances:

general training for individuals who may follow their own particular sub-set of interests within the chemical maze of papermaking
reference source of information on specific topics that can be looked up and located very quickly
machine trouble-shooting or problem-solving using the many examples of chemical effects provided in the text.

There are about 800 alphabetic entries in Version 1.0, 2004 of the "A-Z of Practical Paper Chemistry". They vary in length from short one-sentence definitions (of topics such as ester or sugar) to short essays of several pages (on topics such as adsorption, retention and rosin). A list of the 800 topics is appended to this document. The document is written in Microsoft Word 2003, but it may be available later in PDF format. It is envisaged that the information will be updated and extended over time within the Version 1.0 series and that a Version 2.0 may be published at some later date. Later versions will be available to purchasers of Version 1.0 at a substantially-discounted price.

DETAILS OF THE AUTHOR AND ENVIROCELL

Leslie Webb has been working in the area of paper chemistry for the last 30 years, having been responsible for this area of research, consultancy and training at the UK technical centre, Pira, from 1983 to 1990. Since establishing Envirocell in 1990, he has continued his work in this area through consultancy, training and writing activities. In particular, he has been running seminars giving a 1-day "Introduction to Paper Chemistry" and a more in-depth 2-day "Wet end chemistry" programme for the last 20 years. As the other focus of Envirocell's activities is the environmental side of the pulp and paper industry, a particular interest is the environmental profile of papermaking raw materials, which brings together the sourcing of primary materials, how the raw materials are made, the chemistry of papermaking and what happens to the product after use.

Pricing and conditions

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LIST OF ENTRIES
Abietic acids Absorbency Absorption Accessibility Acetic acid Acid Acidity Acid papermaking Acid dye Acrylates Activity Adhesion Adipic acid Adsorbable organohalogens Adsorption Aerobic Affinity Aggregation AKD Alcohols Aldehydes Alginates Alkali Alkalinity Alkaline papermaking Alkenyl ketene dimer Alkenyl succinic anhydride Alkyl ketene dimer Alum Aluminium compounds Aluminium hydroxide Aluminium nitrate Aluminium oxide (alumina) Aluminium oxyhydroxide Aluminium sulphate Aluminosilicates Amides Amines Amino acids Ammonia Ammonium bromide Ammonium persulphate Amphipathic Amphoteric Amphoteric starch Amylases Amylopectin Amylose Anaerobic Analytical techniques Angstrom Anhydroglucose Anions Anionic Anionic demand Anionic dyes Anionic polymers Anionic starch Anionic trash Anisometric Anisotropic Anomer Antifoam Anti-scalant Anthraquinone AOX Arabinoglucuronoxylans Arabinose ASA Ash Aspect ratio Atom ATC Attractive forces Auxochromes Azo compounds Bacteria Bacteria in papermaking Bag papers Barrier coatings Barium compounds Base Baseline chemistry Basicity Basic dyes Bauer-McNett classification BCDMH Beating Bentonite Bicarbonate Binder Biochemical oxygen demand Biocide Biodegradability Biofilm inhibition Biological treatment Biotechnology Birch BK Blanc Fixe Bleached chemical pulps Bleached Kraft (sulphate) pulps Bleached mechanical pulps Bleached sulphite pulps Bleaching Board BOD Bond Borate Bridging Brightener Brightness Brightness reversion Britt Jar Broke Bromine Brownian motion Bulk Burst strength Butyric acid Calcined clay Calcium Calcium bicarbonate Calcium carbonate Calcium oxalate Calcium stearate Calcium sulphate Calendering Caliper Canadian Standard Freeness Carbohydrate Carbon Carbonate Carbon dioxide Carbonless-copy paper Carbonyl Carboxylic acids Carboxymethylcellulose Casein Catalase Cation Cationic Cationic demand Cationic dye Cationic polymer Cationic starch Caustic soda Cellobiose Cellulases Cellulose CFU Chalk Charge Charge demand Charge density Charge interactions Charge neutralisation Charge titration Chelant Chemical bonds Chemical pulps Chemical oxygen demand Chemimechanical pulps Chemistry Chitosan Chloramines Chloride Chlorinated paraffins Chlorine Chlorine dioxide Chloroform CHPT Chromium compounds Chromogen Chromophores CIE Clay Closing up CMC Coagulation Coarseness Coated papers Coating Cobb value Cockle COD Colloidal silica Colloid chemistry Colloid protection Colloid titration Colorants Colour Conductivity Conformation Consistency Contact angle Conversion Co-ordinate bond Copper Corn starches Corrosion Corrugated cases Corrugating medium Covalent bond Creping Crowding number CSF CTMP Curing Curl Cyanates Dalton DBNPA DCP DCS DDJ Deaeration Debonder Deflaking Defoamer Degassing Degradation Degree of polymerisation Degree of substitution Deinked pulp Dendrimer Density Deposition Deposits Desorption Dewatering Dichloropropanol Dicyandiamide Dielectric constant Diffusion Di-isopropylnaphthalene Dimensional properties Dioxins DIPN Dipole moment Direct dye Disinfection Dispersant Dispersion Dissolution Dissolved organic carbon Dissolved organics Dissolved substances Disturbing substances DOC Donnan effect Dose-response effects Dosing DP Drainage Drainage aids Dry end chemistry Drying Dry strength agent DS DTPA Dyes Dynamic drainage jar ECF EDTA Efflux ratio Electrical double layer Electrochemical treatment Electrochemistry	Electrokinetics Electrolytes Electron Electrophilic Electrophoresis Electrostatic forces Elemental chlorine free pulps Emulsion Energy Enthalpy Entrained gases Entropy Environmental aspects Enzyme-converted starches Enzymes Equilibration time Equilibrium constants ESD Ester Ethers Ethylene vinyl acetate Eucalypts Extensive Extractives FAS Fastness Fatty acids FBA Fermentation Fibre Fibre saturation point Fibrils Fillers Film formation Filtration Fines First pass retention Fixative Flocculation Floc strength Fluorescent brightening agents Fluorescent whitening agents Fluorine Fluting Foam Folding boxboard Folding endurance Force Formadine-sulphinic acid Formaldehyde Formation Formation aids Fortified rosin FPR Free energy Freeness Friction Fresh water Fugitive sizing Fungi Furans Furnish FWA Galactose Galactoglucomannan Galactomannans Galacturonic acid Gases GCC Gelatin Glassine Glass transition temperature Glucomannans Glucose Glucuronic acid Glucuronoxylan Gluteraldehyde Glycerol Glycols Glyoxal Glyoxalated polyacrylamides Grammage Greaseproof papers Groundwood pulps Guanidine Guar gum Gum arabic Gums Gypsum Halogens Hardness Hardwood Hectorite Hemi-celluloses Henry's Law Hercules size test Hexenuronic acids Hexose HLB Hornification HST Humectants Hydantoins Hydrocarbons Hydrocolloids Hydrogen Hydrogen bonds Hydrogen peroxide Hydrogen sulphide Hydrolysate Hydrolysis Hydrophile-lipophile balance Hydrophilic Hydrophobic Hydroxyl Hydroxonium Hypobromous acid Hypochlorous acid Inks Inorganic chemistry Insolubilisers Intensive Interfacial energy/tension Interfering substances Internal sizing Ionenes Ion exchange Ionic bonds Ionic strength Ions Isoelectric point Isomers Joule Kaolin clay Kappa number Ketones Kinetics Kraft pulps Kubelka-Munk Theory Lactic acid Lactones Langelier's equation Latency Latex Light absorption Light scattering Light-weight coated paper Lignan Lignin Lignosulphonates Lime Limestone Linerboard Linting Lipophile Liquid packagings Locust bean gum Lubricants Lumen LWC Magnesium Maize starches Maleic anhydride Maltose Mannose Marble Mass Mechanical pulps Melamine- formaldehyde resins Metamerism MG Micelle Microbiological chemistry Microbiology Micro-organisms Microbiological problems Micro-particles Middle lamella Minerals Modelling Molarity Mole Molecular mass/weight Monodisperse Monosaccharide Montmorillinite Mottle Nano-particles Natural papermaking Neutral papermaking Neutral sulphite semichem pulp Neutron Newsprint Newton Nitrate Nitrogen NMR Non-deinked pulps Non-fibrous raw materials Nonionic Non-wood pulps NSSC Nucleophilic OBA Odours Olation Oligosaccharide On-line monitoring Opacity Optical brightener Optical properties of paper Organic acids Organic chemistry Organo-bromine compounds Organo-chlorine compounds Organo-fluorine compounds Organo-halogen compounds Organo-nitrogen compounds Organo-phosphorous compounds Organo-silicon compounds Organo-sulphur compounds Orthokinetic Osmotic pressure Oxidation Oxidised starch Oxidising agents Oxidising biocides Oxalic acid Oxygen Ozone p PAC Packaging papers/boards Paper chemistry Papermaking Paper microbiology Paper products Paper properties Paper quality Parenchyma cells Particle aggregation Particle characteristics Particle charge Particle size PASS Patch flocculation PCBs PCC PCP Pectin PEI Pentachlorophenol PentosePEO Peracetic acid Perikinetic Periodic Table Permanence Permanent hardness Permeability PGW pH Phosphorous Phosphates Phosphonate Physical chemistry Picking Pigment	Pimaric acid Pine Pitch pK value Plasterboard Plastic pigments Poise Polyacrylamides Polyacrylates Polyaluminium chlorides Polyaluminium silico-sulphate Polyaminoamide-epichlorhydrin resins Polyamines Polychlorinatedbiphenyls Polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride Polydisperse Polyelectrolyte Polyethylene Polyethyleneglycol Polyethyleneimine Polyethyleneoxide Polyisocyanates Polymers Polypropyleneglycol Polysaccharides Polyurethanes} Polyvinyl acetate Polyvinyl alcohol Polyvinylamines Polvinylpyrrolidone Porosity Potassium Potassium monopersulphate Potato starches Potential Ppmv Precipitation Precipitated calcium carbonate Preservatives Pressing Printing Printing papers Problematic substances Propionic acid Proteins Proton Pulps PVA PVAc PVOH Quaternary ammonium compounds Quaternary nitrogen compounds Quenching Radius of gyration Raw materials Reaction chemistry Recovered paper Recyclability Recycled pulps Recycled water Redox potential Reduction Refiner mechanical pulp Refining Reflectance Reflocculation Refractive index Release agent Repulsive forces Resin acids Resistivity Retention Retention aids Retrogradation Reversion Rheology RMP Rosin Roughness Runnability Sack papers Salts Sampling Saponify Satin white Saveall SB SC Scale SCD Schopper-Riegler Schulze-Hardy Rule Self-sizing Sensitisation Sequestrant SGW Shear Shives Silicon Silica Silicates Silicones Single pass retention Size Size press Size reversion Sizing Sizing agent, surface Sizing agents, wet end Slime Slip SMA Smoothness Soap Soda Soda ash Soda pulp Sodium Sodium aluminate Sodium bicarbonate Sodium bromide Sodium carbonate Sodium chloride Sodium dithionite Sodium hydrosulphite Sodium hydroxide Sodium hypobromite Sodium hypochlorite Sodium silicate Sodium sulphate Sodium sulphite Softener Softness Softwood Solubility Solute Solute exclusion Solution Solvent Sorbitol Sorption Specific heat SPR Spraying Spreading Spruce Squareness SR SRB Starch, coating Starch esters Starch ethers Starch, general Starch, wet end Starch, size press Steric stabilisation Stickies Stiffness Stoichiometry Strain Streaming current Streaming potential Strength Stress Styrene Styrene-acrylate esters Styrene-acrylic acid sizes Styrene-butadiene latex Styrene-maleic anhydride sizes Substantivity Sugar Sulphate Sulphate pulps Sulphate reduction Sulphide Sulphite Sulphite pulps Sulphonates Sulphur Sulphuric acid Super-calendered paper Surface application Surface energy/tension Surface properties of paper Surface strength Surfactant Swelling Symplex Synthetic pulps Talc Tapioca starches TCF Tear strength Temporary hardness Tensile strength Terpenoids Tertiary nitrogen Test liner Thermally-modified starches Thermo-chemical starches Thermodynamics Thermomechanical pulp Thickening Thiosulphate Thixotropic Tinctorial value Titanium dioxide TMP TOC Totally-chlorine free pulps Total retention Towels Tracheid Turbidity Two-sidedness UBK UF resin Unbleached chemical pulps Unbleached Kraft pulps Uniformity Urea Urea-formaldehyde pigments Urea-formaldehyde (resins Valency Van der Waals forces Vegetable parchment Velocity gradient VFA Virgin pulps Visco-elasticity Viscosity Void volume Washing Water Water closure Water disinfection Water removal Water retention Water retention agent Water retention value Waxes Wet end additives Wet end chemistry Wet end interactions Wetness Wet strength Wet strength agents Wetting Wet web strength Wheat starches Whiteness White pitch Wood Wood-containing papers Wood-free papers WRV Xylose Yankee cylinder Yield Young equation z-direction z-distribution Zeta potential Zirconium compounds