Comparative Study of Willow (Salix tetrasperma) Wood and Lachi (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) Hardwood Species for Pulp and Paper Manufacture, Grown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Comparative Study of Willow (Salix tetrasperma) Wood and Lachi (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) Hardwood Species for Pulp and Paper Manufacture, Grown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Abdur Rehman*, Muhammad Umair Khan, Zahid Rauf, Saeed Akhtar, Abdur Rahman Khan and Mansoor Khan
ABSTRACT
Pulp and Paper sector has been expanding throughout the world because of increasing literacy rate and population, hence substantial request for pulp and paper raw material. To fulfill the eco-friendly sources demand and The longevity of their forthcoming industries necessitates an alternative supply from rapidly maturing tree species (Agro-forestry). The sources for the pulp and paper manufacturing sectors would be broaden by investigating the pulping capacities of underutilized humid-zone Broadleaf woods. The present work will be relying on the equitable woody fiber anatomical dimensions of two types that are Willow (Salix tetrasperma) and Lachi (Eucalyptus camaldulensis). The excellence of pulp and paper is directly linked to the fiber characteristics such as fiber wall thickness, fiber lumen diameter, and fiber length. Several wood characteristics associated with paper quality will be deduced from the fiber dimensions, encompassing parameters like the wall coverage ratio, aspect ratio, solidity factors, Luce’s shape factors, flexibility coefficient, and runkel ratio. The primary aim is to contrast the fiber quality of the two dense wood species within themselves.
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