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Cereal straw from eastern Washington
was used in a pulp blend with OCC and tested as furnish for printing
and writing grade papers. Pulping, bleaching, handsheet quality, and
black liquor properties were evaluated. The wheat straw can be successfully
pulped and fully bleached with about 40% dry straw content. Paper physical
properties in Crystal pulp or wheat straw blends fit the requirements
for producing fine printing and writing grade papers.
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