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WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 7-8, Pages 627-642Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-009-0271-4
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In mechanical pulping, wood is dynamically loaded, which causes large heat losses due to wood viscoelasticity. The heat losses depend on the loss tangent (tan delta) of wood. The loss tangent has a temperature-dependent behaviour, especially in the lignin glass transition region. The glass transition softens wood, and is therefore necessary for gentle mechanical pulping, but at the same time, the loss tangent shows a maximum called the alpha-peak. The transient peak depends on temperature, loading frequency and moisture content. The temperature where the peak is found can be lowered with chemical treatments, but they also increase the magnitude of the peak. Thermal treatment in the presence of water also increases the magnitude. The loss tangent of wood depends, amongst other things, on the chemical structure of lignin, width of cellulose crystals, microfibril angle, and extractives in the cell wall.
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