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Table 1 Pulping properties of sodium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide with anthraquinone of bagasse

From: Crude extracts of Sesamum Indicum roots used as anthraquinone source effect on pulping with sodium hydroxide of Sudanese bagasse

Conditions

Soda

Soda AQ

Active alkali as Na2O%

10.9

10.9

Liquor to bagasse ratio

5

5

Maximum temperature, °C

160

160

Time at maximum temperature, min

120

120

Screened yield%

49.8

53.7

Reject%

0.3

0.4

Total yield%

50.1

54.1

Kappa No.

15.8

8.3