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SPECIALTY
GRADE PROFILE
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PEACH 426
PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA USA
PEACH® 426 is a softwood kraft cellulose pulp with uniformly stable low intrinsic
viscosity making it an excellent cellulose feed stock for manufacturing Lyocell fiber.
The high hemicellulose content imparts fiber characteristics that can not be
achieved with high alpha pulps.
TYPICAL PULP CHARACTERISTICS
SHEET PROPERTIES (Mill Results)
Basis Weight, as is g/m2
Moisture, %
Caliper, mm
Density, OD g/cm3
Mullen, kPa
<
Brightness (ISO), %
O.A. Brightness (ISO), %
Dirt, mm2/OD kg
FIBER PROPERTIES (OpTest FQA)
Average length (LWAFL), mm
Coarseness, mg/100 m
Population, million fibers/g
775
9.0
1.24
0.57
1000
90
90
1.5
2.3
20
5.0
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Intrinsic Viscosity (CED), dl/g
Falling Ball Viscosity (1% CED), mPa•s
R10, %
R18, %
S18, %
Alpha Cellulose, %
Copper Number
Extractives (DCM), %
Ash, %
Calcium, mg/kg
Copper, mg/kg
Iron, mg/kg
Magnesium, mg/kg
Manganese, mg/kg
Silica (SiO2), mg/kg
Sodium, mg/kg
3.8
25
83
87
13
87
0.8
< 0.01
0.10
< 50
0.5
2.0
<5
<1
45
350
Average of typical samples tested at Weyerhaeuser Technology Center.
These are NOT pulp mill specifications.
Port Wentworth, GA USA
ISO 9001:2008 Registered Certificate #0038797
ISO 14001:2004 Registered Certificate #0021146
Revised 12/09