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dc.contributor.advisorMarsh, Jeremy J.
dc.contributor.advisorMulholland, Dulcie Aca.
dc.creatorIsmail, Fathima.
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-02T08:39:01Z
dc.date.available2011-11-02T08:39:01Z
dc.date.created2003
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/4046
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.en
dc.description.abstractSAPPI SAICCOR is a pulp and paper mill situated in Umkomaas, 50 kms south of the port of Durban in South Africa. It was the first company to produce high grade dissolving pulp from the Eucalyptus tree and is currently the world's largest manufacturer of chemical cellulose. SAICCOR is one of the few pulp and paper mills that produces its dissolving pulp by the acid sulphite process using both calcium and magnesium as bases in the form of calcium bisulphite and magnesium bisulphite. Four streams of effluent are produced during their process, namely, the calcium spent liquor, the magnesium pulp condensate and two streams from the bleaching stages. An acid hydrolysis of the effluent streams yielded a range of organic compounds such as lignans and lignin - type precursors as well as a triterpenoid. Column chromatography and thin layer chromatography, using various ratios of hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol, were carried out in isolating and purifying the compounds. The structures of these compounds were determined using NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric techniques.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectWood-pulp--Chemistry.en
dc.subjectSulphite pulping process.en
dc.subjectWood-pulp industry--Waste disposal.en
dc.subjectTheses--Chemistry.en
dc.titleAn analysis of Sappi Saiccor's effluent streams.en
dc.typeThesisen


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