Newsprint Grade Refiner Ground Wood Pulp from Jute Sticks (Corchorus capsularis)

Laboratory experiments on the production of mechanical pulp from jute sticks by refiner groundwood process are described. Standard pulp-sheets were made from a mixture of 60 per cent mechanical pulp from jute sticks and 40 per cent bleached sulphate pulp. The strength properties and brightness of the standard-sheets made under suitable conditions have shown that jute sticks are an ideal raw material for the production of newsprint.