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Abstract

ABSTRACT Three home-grown bamboo species (Daldrocalamus hamiltonii, Dandrocalamus strictus and Bambusa tulda) were pulped by soda process to investigate their pulping potential as a source of long fiber pulp in Pakistan. All the species can be pulped by soda process. D. hamiltonii gave the highest yield and the best tearing strength properties. Tearing properties were comparable to the kraft pulp made from Pinus roxburghii and imported Southern pine kraft pulp. However, the bonding properties of bamboo pulp were inferior to the softwood kraft pulp. This paper also gives the salient advantages of bamboo pulping over softwoods.