Class Schedule

Date/Topic	Reading Assignments
1/7 Introduction/Raw Material (Lecture 1) 1/9 Mechanical Pulping (Lecture 2) 1/11 Mechanical Pulp Bleaching (Lecture 3)	Biermann (pages 18-26) P Man. (pages 90-94) Biermann (pages 62-72) Mechanical Pulping (pages 313-324, 329-332)
1/14 Introduction to Chemical Pulping (Lecture 4) 1/16 Continuous Digesters (Lecture 5) 1/18 Kraft Pulping Chemicals (Lecture 6)	Chemical Pulping (pages A60-A67, A494-A496) Chemical Pulping (pages A513-A519) Kraft Pulping: A compilation of Notes (pages 58-73)
1/21 Holiday 1/23 Practice Calculations A (Lecture 7A) 1/25 Practice Calculations A (Lecture 7A)
1/28 Exam 1 (Lectures 1-6) 1/30 Early Kraft Pulping Reactions (Lecture 8) 2/1 Kraft Lignin Reactions cont. (Lecture 9)	Sjostrom (pages 144-149)
2/4 Kraf Carbohydrate Reactions (Lecture 10) 2/6 Anthraquinone/Polsulfides (Lecture 11) 2/8 Kraft Pulping Kinetics (Lecture 12)	Sjostrom (pages 150-155) Pulp and Paper Science Alkaline Pulping (pages 45-56)
2/11 H factor (Lecture 13) 2/13 Kraft recovery (Lecture 14) 2/15 Exam 2	Chemical Pulping (pages A291-A294) Kraft recovery (B7-B13)
2/18 Holiday 2/20 Review of Kraft Pulping(Lecture 15) 2/22 In class simulation project (Room 261)	Alkaline Pulping (pages 56-73)
2/25 In class simulation project (Room 261) 2/27 Sulfite Pulping (Lecture 16) 2/29 Bleaching-introduction (Lecture 17)	Chemical Pulping (pages A86-A96) Chemical Pulping (pags A146-155)
3/3 Bleaching Mechanisms and Sequences (Lecture 18) 3/5 Oxygen Delignification/NaOH Extraction 3/7 Ozone/Peroxide Bleaching (Lecture 20)	Chemical Pulping (pages A156-A158) Chemical Pulping (pages A176-A179) (A137-A146) Chemical Pulping (pages A194-A212)
3/10 Chlorine bleaching (Lecture 21) 3/12 Review 3/14 Exam 3