This is a concise and critical treatise on the most important analyticalmethods in wood chemistry related to pulping and papermaking. The emphasis ison principl... » 

This is a concise and critical treatise on the most important analyticalmethods in wood chemistry related to pulping and papermaking. The emphasis ison principles and important applications needed not only in academic researchbut especially for industrial applications. It starts with basic information onthe chemical composition with analytical techniques of wood and wood componentsof the main groups carbohydrates lignin and extractives proceeds to themethods used for the characterization of the chemical properties of wood andpulp fibers with special emphasis on the fiber surfaces and concludes withthe methods applied to the analysis of pulping and bleach liquors papermakingwaters and effluents and those used for the analysis of inorganic componentsin wood and pulps. «