Study on the Selectivity of Bleaching with Oxygen-Containing Species

Abstract

In the bleaching of pulp, the term Selectivity is widely used but poorly defined.This work is an attempt to quantify the selectivity of bleaching with Oxygen-containing species by generating hydroxil radicals and measuring their reaction rates with some lignin and carbohydrate models. Results of this investigation show that the selectivity factor defined as the ratio of the rate constants for a given pair of lignin and carbohydrate models, lies between 5 and 6.