White liquor

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Description

The chemical solution used to digest wood for paper pulp. White liquor contains Sodium hydroxide and Sodium hyposulfite.

See also Black liquor.

Resources and Citations

  • Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

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