Comparing the Performance of the Combination of Surfactant and Soap in Wastepaper Deinking

Abstract

The influence of different dosages of surfactant and soap in the deinking of wastepaper is investigated. The results showed that the dosage of 0.25% soap generated highest brightness and lowest opacity. However, the dosage of 0.75% soap produced highest tensile and burst strength and 0.5% soap produced the lowest spec (dirt) index. In the case of surfactant application, the dosage of 0.75% surfactant produced highest brightness and 0.5% surfactant generated lowest opacity. Application of 0.5% surfactant showed highest tensile and burst strength and lowest dirt index. The combined effect of both chemicals showed that the combined dosage of 0.75% surfactant and 0.25% soap produces highest brightness but the dosage of 0.25% surfactant without soap produced lowest opacity. Highest tensile and burst strength was related to pulp deinked using 0.5% surfactant and 0.75% soap. The results indicated that the combination of 0.75% surfactant and 0.25% soap generated highest brightness which the important property of the writing and printing paper. The highest tensile and burst strength was measured in deinked pulp produced using 0.5% surfactant and 0.75% soap.

Keywords

• Floatation
• wastepaper
• soap
• surfactant
• Strength