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Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical Additives I pp 11–34Cite as

Additives in the Paper Industry

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An overview of the paper sector from the point of view of additives use is presented. In the first section, the general trends of the sector concerned in terms of world production and trade flows are reviewed together with an overall description of the main characteristics of the production process, including pulp production and paper manufacturing and finishing. The second part is focused on the description of the different additive classes used to provide paper with the required functional characteristics and to facilitate and improve the production process as well, namely, retention aids, sizing agents, binders, wet strength agents, coating agents, optical brightener agents, biocides and dyes. Main compounds or compound families within each additive class are listed, and some related information regarding their function, world consumption and environmental potential impacts is also included.

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Abbreviations

AKD:

Alkyl ketene dimer

AOX:

Adsorbable organic halides

ASA:

Alkenyl succinic anhydride

CEPI:

Confederation of European paper industries

CPD:

3-Chloro-1,2-propanediol

DADMAC:

Diallyldimethylammonium chloride

DCP:

1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol

ECH:

Epichlorohydrin

FWA:

Fluorescent whitening agent

MF:

Melamine formaldehyde

MUF:

Melamine–urea formaldehyde

OBA:

Optical brightener agent

PAC:

Polyaluminium chloride

PAE:

Polyamine-epichlorohydrin resin

PAM:

Polyacrylamide

PEI:

Polyethylenimine

TCMTB:

2-(Thiocyanomethylthio)benzothiazole

UF:

Urea formaldehyde

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    Antoni Ginebreda, Daniel Guillén & Damiá Barceló

  2. CERTEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, ETSEIB, Diagonal 647, pav. G, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Rosa Mari Darbra

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Ginebreda, A., Guillén, D., Barceló, D., Darbra, R.M. (2011). Additives in the Paper Industry. In: Bilitewski, B., Darbra, R., Barceló, D. (eds) Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical Additives I. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry(), vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2011_109

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