Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

groundwood pulp

Portuguese translation:

pasta mecânica

May 26, 2009 12:49
15 yrs ago
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English term

groundwood pulp

GBK English to Portuguese Tech/Engineering Paper / Paper Manufacturing
Definition from Media Paper Management:
Wood that has been broken down into pulp by a mechanical grinding process and thus retains a higher proportion of the wood raw material
Example sentences:
Groundwood pulp has a high yield of approximately 95 % and has a high level of opacity but its strength is relatively low, due to its lignin content. (Siemens AG )
Acidity is one of the most important causes of damage in paper as it weakens and eventually destroys the fibres that make up the paper. As a result, paper made from groundwood pulp breaks down rapidly from within. The first sign of this is that the paper becomes yellow, then brown, and increasingly brittle. (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Processing wood fibre obtained from four separate sources, including thermomechanical pulp (TMP), recycled pulp, groundwood pulp and kraft pulp, the mill produces more than 540,000 ADMt of newsprint each year. (borealforest.org)
Proposed translations (Portuguese)
5 +2 pasta mecânica
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May 26, 2009 12:45: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

May 26, 2009 12:49: Enrique Cavalitto changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"

May 29, 2009 12:55: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"

Jun 20, 2009 22:54: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"

Discussion

Elaine Cristine Franco May 27, 2009:
pasta de madeira As características principais da pasta são a uniformidade, a cor, a limpeza, o grau de desaguamento e a resistência das fibras. {b} Polpa produzida a partir de troncos de madeira descascados e moídos na presença de água, usada principalmente na produção de papel de imprensa e de papel para livros de menor classe. Abreviatura: (GWD). Termos alternativos: groundwood; groundwood pulp; mechanical woodpulp; pasta de madeira; polpa mecânica.
Manuela Brehm May 26, 2009:
pasta mecânica

Proposed translations

+2
3 days 3 hrs
Selected

pasta mecânica

Definition from own experience or research:
Material obtido da madeira por processos puramente mecânicos em máquinas chamadas moínhos de pasta onde a madeira cortada em toras de tamanho adequado, descascada e limpa é pressionada contra uma pedra rotativa, geralmente sintética ou processada em refinadores ou moinhos de disco na forma de cavacos.
Example sentences:
Fabricantes de polpa, pasta mecânica, papel e cartão. Melhoramentos Papéis Ltda de São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo. Informação da firma. (Birkner International Paper World)
Peer comment(s):

agree Roberto Cavalcanti : as an alternative: polpa mecânica
4 days
Obrigada Roberto
agree rhandler
22 days
Obrigada Ralph
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