Hemp as a raw material for fiber and paper production

Abstract

The goal of this study was to prove the feasibility of fiber and paper production from hemp. Experimental tests of the properties of paper obtained from hemp woody core fibers were performed. Fibers from hemp woody core were isolated by a chemical-thermo-mechanical procedure. Sheets of paper were made from thus isolated fibers. The mechanical and optical properties of the paper sheets were also examined. The properties of paper sheets obtained from spruce and beach fibers were examined in the same way for comparison. The obtained results showed that paper produced from fiber isolated from hemp woody core by a chemical-thermo-mechanical procedure had poorer properties than the properties of paper produced from beech and spruce fibers, but it still satisfied conditions for producing low quality newspaper.

Keywords

• hemp
• splint
• fiber
• paper