ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Curl has been induced in unbleached softwood kraft pulp fibres by treatment in the laboratory at 20% consistency in a planetary mixer. Steam treatment of the fibres to set the curl more strongly was found to be detrimental to fibre properties as deduced from handsheet properties. A means of producing two-ply specimens in the laboratory was devised and a tensile test for interlaminar bond strength was developed. The use of curly fibres in reinforced cement and silica sheets gave sheets with improved wet interlaminar bond strengths, relative to sheets prepared from conventionally treated fibres but had little effect on the values of modulus of rupture and fracture toughness.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00580155
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