1. Why do we bleach paper?

Answer: Pulp bleaching is meant to remove lignin, a natural element that causes paper to

brown, from the wood pulp, thus brightening it. ... In general, however, chemicals such as
chlorine gas or hydrogen peroxide are used to oxidize the pulp, while chemicals like sodium
hydrosolufite "reduce" (add hydrogen) to the pulp.
2. Is bleaching paper bad for the environment?
Answer: Another source of contaminants entering the environment is through the production
of paper. Most of the paper used today entails bleaching the paper with chlorine
compounds. This results in paper mills emitting many toxic chemicals that cause health
and environmental problems.
The life cycle of paper is damaging to the environment from beginning to end. It starts off
with a tree being cut down and ends its life by being burned – emitting carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere. ... When paper rots, it emits methane, a greenhouse gas. When it is burned or
composted, carbon dioxide.
3. Why lignin is removed from pulp?
Answer: New Ways to Remove Lignin. ... (Lignin, the natural "glue" that holds cellulose
fibers together and stiffens plant stems, causes paper made of wood pulp to weaken and
discolor rapidly if not removed in the pulp mill; but the removal processes are harsh, and
shorten the fibers on which the paper's strength depends.)
4. Which chemical is eco friendly for bleaching of paper and why?
Chlorine-free paper is an environmentally preferable alternative to paper bleached
with chlorine. Chlorine and its derivatives (such as chlorine dioxide)—the most
common bleaching agents used by the pulp and paper industry—are quite harmful to the
environment, particularly the aquatic environment
5. Why is paper white if trees are brown?
The cellulose in trees is held together by a naturally produced adhesive known as lignin. It's
in breaking down and reorganizing the fibers that all varieties of wood-originated paper are
made. With non-wood sources, which include plants such as cotton and linen, whiter
paper can be made more naturally
6. What chemicals make up paper?
Thus, paper is made mostly out of organic compounds: that is carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
(C, H and O). Paper also contains non organic materials to improve its properties. These may
be chalk (CaCO3) and kaolin clay (Al2Si2O5(OH)4).
7. What is the function each chemicals that used in bleaching plant? And each ph!
8. Is elemental chlorine free Safe?
Globally, pulp bleaching is most commonly done with elemental chlorine-free (ECF)
processes. ECF and the less common TCF (total chlorine free) pulp bleaching methods have
both been shown to be environmentally safe replacements for the previous pulp bleaching
methods that used elemental chlorine.
9. Why does paper become yellow?
With paper, it all comes back to the fact that it's made from wood, which contains the
substance lignin. When the molecules responsible for color (chromophores) in lignin are
exposed to air and sunlight, they become less stable, causing them to absorb more light,
gradually darkening the paper from white to yellow.
10. Does paper contain formaldehyde?
 Some paper products, such as grocery bags and paper towels, give off small amounts
of formaldehyde. Because these products contain formaldehyde, you may also be exposed
on the skin by touching or coming in direct contact with them.
11. Is chlorine A dioxide?
Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) is a chemical compound consisting of one chlorine atom and two
oxygen atoms. It is a reddish to yellowish-green gas at room temperature that dissolves in
water. ... Chlorine dioxide gas is usually produced onsite from sodium chlorate or sodium
chlorite.
12. What is the elemental form of chlorine?
Elemental chlorine is produced industrially by applying electricity to sodium chloride (salt)
brine solutions. At room temperatures and pressures, elemental chlorine is a greenish-
yellow irritant gas. Chlorine gas consists of pairs of chlorine atoms bonded to one another
(chemical symbol: Cl2).
13. Can chlorine dioxide kill you?
Chlorine dioxide is toxic, hence limits on exposure to it are needed to ensure its safe use.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has set a maximum level of 0.8 mg/L
for chlorine dioxide in drinking water.
14. Is chlorine dioxide safe to breathe?
* Breathing Chlorine Dioxide can irritate the nose and throat causing coughing and
wheezing. * Breathing Chlorine Dioxide can irritate the lungs causing coughing and/or
shortness of breath. ... * Chlorine Dioxide is a HIGHLY FLAMMABLE and REACTIVE
gas and a DANGEROUS FIRE and EXPLOSION HAZARD.