Efficient debonding enhances softness
The efficient fluffing of wood pulp requires a pulp that will debond to a desirable degree, with minimum power input and little mechanical fiber damage. Such pulp must have the proper bulk and degree of inter-fiber bonding.
Eka Chemicals cationic surface-active agents help increase bulk, reduce Mullen strength (hence, reduce inter-fiber bonding), and impart softness to fibers in manufacturing fluffed debonded pulp. This results in lower power requirements and less fiber damage. Reduced fiber damage produces a fluffed pulp with better bulk and resiliency.