HOW PAPER IS MADE

AND HOW TO SAVE IT

 Paper is an amazing material that has penetrated into
all spheres of human life. It is impossible to imagine
everyday life and professional activities of a person
without using it, because paper is, first of all,
information. The modern world has taught us to be
utilitarian in the treatment of any things that surround
us. Once, centuries ago, everything was completely
different. Paper became convenient and not as
expensive as, for example, parchment, a material that
greatly influenced the development of education,
literature and painting. But still, paper was expensive,
highly valued, and used only for its intended purpose.
 To prepare paper, you need plant substances that have a sufficiently long
fiber, which, when mixed with water, will give a homogeneous, plastic,
so-called paper mass. Semi-finished products for paper production can
be: wood pulp or cellulose; cellulose of annual plants (straw, cane, hemp,
rice, and others); semi-cellulose; wastepaper; rag half-mass; for special
types of paper: asbestos, wool and other textile fibers.
Paper production consists of the following processes:preparation of paper

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pulp (grinding and mixing of components, sizing, filling and coloring of
paper pulp);paper pulp production on a paper machine (dilution with water
and cleaning of the mass from contamination, casting, pressing and drying,
as well as primary finishing);final finishing (calendering, cutting);sorting
and packaging.When grinding, the fibers are given the necessary thickness
and physical properties. Grinding is performed in machines of periodic and
continuous action (rolls, conical and disc mills, refiners, and others). To
PAPER
make the paper suitable for writing and give it hydrophobic properties, rosin
glue, paraffin emulsion, alumina and other substances that promote adhesion
(the so-called sizing) are introduced into the paper mass; starch and animal
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glue are added to increase the bond between the fibers and increase the
mechanical strength and stiffness; to increase the strength of paper in the
wet state — urea-and melamine-formaldehyde resins. To increase the
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whiteness, smoothness, softness and opacity, as well as improve the printing
properties of paper, mineral fillers (kaolin, chalk, talc) are introduced; to
give color and increase the whiteness, aniline (less often mineral) dyes are
introduced.
HOW SAVE
PAPER?
USE REUSABLE CLOTHS
INSTEAD OF PAPER PRODUCTS.
USE REAL DINNERWARE
INSTEAD OF PAPER
BRING YOUR OWN THERMOS
OR REUSABLE MUG TO CAFES.
USE REUSABLE GROCERY
AND LUNCH BAGS