Abstract
Thermomechanical and chemothermomechanical pulp samples have been derived from Norway spruce ( Picea abies) and characterized by brightness measurements and ESCA before and after exposure to artificial light irradiation. The surface O/C atomic ratios of the non-irradiated pulps were found to be between 0.3 and 0.37, which was interpreted as being due to their high surface lignin contents. The brightness reversion was accompanied by a considerable increase in the surface O/C ratio, by a decrease in the relative intensity of the C1 component of the C1s peak ( BE = 285.0 eV), and by increases in those of the C2 ( BE = 286.6 eV) and C3 ( BE = 288.2 eV) parts. It had no effect on the shapes of the O 1s peaks. The results were related to the photo-oxidation and photoyellowing of high-yield pulps.
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