Abstract
AbstractIt was possible to obtain hardboard of acceptable properties by mechanical pulping of undebarked cotton stalks previously soaked in water at room temperature. Pretreatment of the undebarked cotton stalks with 10–15% NaOH or Ca(OH)2 at atmospheric pressure for 4 h at 100°C, before mechanical defibration, results in considerable improvement in properties of the hardboard and less added resin requirement. The improvement due to chemical pretreatment is attributed to fibre softening. The semichemical pulps prepared from undebarked cotton stalks had remarkably high freeness compared with rice straw. Bending strength and water resistance are better than those obtained from rice straw and average samples of wood wastes.
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