Mercerised pulp is a bleached pulp that is treated with hot diluted alkali to get extra high bulk and high porosity. The pulp feels and looks similar to a

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Mercerising of pulp is a post treatment of fully

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pulp normally of SBSK. The pulp is steeped in hot dilute

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. The pulp fibres swell and the hydroxyl groups of the

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become crosslinked. The remaining

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is washed out and the pulp will subsequently not respond to

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