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PAPER FIBRE [1 record]

Record 1 2019-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Raw Materials (Pulp and Paper)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
  • Properties of Paper
CONT

Over the centuries, [the] paper has been made from a wide variety of materials — wood pulp, rice, water plants, cotton, even old clothes! But no matter what you use to make paper — you need "fiber." Today's paper fiber comes mainly from two sources — pulpwood logs and recycled paper products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières premières (Pâtes et papier)
  • Fabrication du papier
  • Propriétés des papiers

Spanish

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