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imageISLAMABAD: Researchers in Industrial University of Behbehan, Iran has produced the gel of hemp pulp nanofiber used in kraft paper production.

If developed to industrial levels, it would rule out the imports of high-quality paper especially to produce cartons, Meher News Agency reported.

The project, `Production and using hemp pulp nanofibers to improve kraft paper properties,' was been conducted with hemp pulp brown kraft paper production carried out in Iran and other stages carried out in Sweden.

The research investigated the possibilities of production of nanofibers of hemp kraft pulp and its reinforcing effect on the kraft paper using broadleaf industrial base pulp of Iran's Wood and Paper Company.

Researchers then examined the possibility of production of celluloid nanofibers from unbleached hemp kraft pulp and its reinforcing effect if used along with broadleaf kraft pulp to produce paper.

They found that composite papers or papers covered by nanofibers of hemp kraft pulp had improved physical and chemical properties than composite papers or papers covered by nanofibers of commercially-produced coniferous kraft pulp.

The project indicated that, using hemp kraft pulp as a non-lignin ligno-celluloid plant as raw material, and using less than 400kWh electricity, celluloid nanofibers would be produced mechanically. The current cost of production of celluloid nanofibers from this pulp falls to less than $ 6.5 per kilogram of the nanofiber.

This capability would also reinforce the low-quality papers from recycled paper, making them capable of being used in relevant industries.

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