Sentences with phrase «chemical wood pulp»

Chemical wood pulp might also be used as an intermediate.

Not exact matches

Hemp fibers can also be used to make paper that is stronger than most of today's paper while using a method that is more environmentally friendly than the traditional chemical - intensive process of taking wood and turning it into pulp.

First synthesized more than a century ago, DMSO is a natural by - product of wood - pulp manufacture and has been used for decades as an industrial solvent, paint thinner and additive in a number of chemical products.

This process relies on chemicals to dissolve wood pulp into a rayon fabric.

Rayon fabrics are made in a process called viscose, which relies on chemicals to dissolve the wood pulp into fibers that can be knitted into fabric.

This family of chemicals, created when wood pulp is bleached with chlorine, is known to cause cancer in humans.

Dioxins: The wood pulp in diapers gives them a little extra cushioning and absorbing power, but it can also introduce other potentially worrisome chemicals, namely dioxins.

The savings in water usage, detergents, plastics consumed, trees used for wood pulp, chemical production methods, not to mention non-biodegradable landfill, and unsustainable, non-organic cotton farming are very significant for the earth.

This is a chemical that is produced by the bleaching process of the wood pulp that can be found in the center layer of disposable diapers.

Frankenforests Engineered trees that grow more quickly, absorbing more carbon dioxide and providing more wood and pulp without the need for toxic chemicals.

Chemical engineer Charles Wyman of the University of California, Riverside, argues for biorefineries turning seed oil, the stalks and other detritus of crop plants, and even wood pulp waste into an assortment of alternative fuels.

He was addressing his hosts, men such as Frank Popoff, president of US chemicals giant Dow Chemicals, and Erling Lorentzen, chairman of Aracruz Cellulose, whose port for exporting wood pulp had that morning been blockaded by the Greenpeace ship Rainbowchemicals giant Dow Chemicals, and Erling Lorentzen, chairman of Aracruz Cellulose, whose port for exporting wood pulp had that morning been blockaded by the Greenpeace ship RainbowChemicals, and Erling Lorentzen, chairman of Aracruz Cellulose, whose port for exporting wood pulp had that morning been blockaded by the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior.

But lignin must be removed from wood during biofuel, paper and pulp production through costly treatments that require high heat and harsh chemicals.

Clean rayon production is possible: Austrian company Lenzing, which makes a type of rayon fabric from wood pulp, uses a «closed loop» process that recycles essentially all the required chemicals.

This 100 % natural litter is made from sustainable wood and pulp resources with no added chemicals or synthetic scents.

This wood stew is then «digested,» with a chemical mixture of limestone and acid, and after several hours of cooking, what was once wood becomes pulp.