wood pulp
Noun: - A fibrous material produced by mechanically or chemically processing wood. It consists of cellulose fibers and is the primary raw material used in the manufacture of paper, cardboard, and some cellulose-based products like rayon.
- Noun:
- The factory produces wood pulp from sustainably harvested pine trees.
- Most newspapers are printed on paper made from recycled wood pulp.
- The chemical process separates the lignin from the cellulose to create a high-quality wood pulp.
"Bleached wood pulp": Pulp that has been treated with chemicals to remove lignin and other impurities, resulting in a white color. It is used for high-quality printing and writing papers.
- The stationery is made from fully bleached wood pulp.
"Mechanical wood pulp": Pulp produced by grinding wood logs against a stone or metal surface. It contains most of the wood's lignin, making the resulting paper less durable and more prone to yellowing.
- Newsprint often contains a high percentage of mechanical wood pulp.
Pulp (n): A soft, wet, shapeless mass of material. In an industrial context, it often refers to the raw fibrous material from wood, rags, or other sources before it is made into paper.
- The logs were chipped and cooked into a brown pulp.
Cellulose (n): The main polysaccharide constituent of plant cell walls and the primary component of wood pulp, used to make paper, textiles, and plastics.
- The chemical process extracts pure cellulose from the wood pulp.
- Paper pulp: A more general term for pulp intended for papermaking, which can be made from wood, cotton, or other fibers.
- Fibrous mass: A descriptive term for the physical state of the material.
- "To pulp wood": The process of turning wood into pulp.
- The mill uses a thermomechanical method to pulp wood efficiently.
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wood that has been ground to a pulp; used in making cellulose products (as rayon or paper)
