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Effects of ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH Treatment on the Filter Paper Performance
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Lele Cao Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150040, China 
Lisheng Tang Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150040, China 
Qing Li Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150040, China 
Wenbo Liu* Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150040, China 
Fund Project:The authors are grateful for the support of the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (Grant No. C2018007).
 
Abstract:Bleached softwood kraft pulp (BSKP) fibers were pretreated in a 5 mol/L NaOH aqueous solution at 35℃ for 90 min. The ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH was used to treat the pretreated BSKP fibers, filter papers were then prepared. In the course of processing, the effects of various molar ratios of ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH on the filter paper performance were evaluated. SEM-EDX was conducted to analyze the physical configuration of the filter papers. Moreover, FT-IR and XPS were performed to further characterize the BSKP, the pretreated BSKP and the filter paper fibers. The results indicated that the fibers treated by ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH were swollen and exhibited slight fibrillation, leading to a looser fiber structure and therefore, enhanced filter paper performance. Air permeability increased from 161.7 L/(m2·s) to 1450.4 L/(m2·s) for the filter papers when the molar ratio of ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH was 1:14:1. The optimum molar ratio of ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH was found to be 1:14:1, and no significant effect of ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH on fibers’ functional groups was detected. These results showed that filtration performance of filter papers was improved when treated with the ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH solution.
keywords:BSKP fiber  ZnCl2/H2O/C2H5OH  filtration performance  filter papers
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