Show kraft paper gets its name from german word kraft paper or pulp derives its name from the german word nord for strength which Is its chief character istle according to withams mod ern pulp and paper making the terms kraft and sulphate pulp are used practically interchangeably the klaft pulp Is of a dull brown shade when unbleached and Is used tor for the manufacture of products where color Is cot not a consideration and where strength and ability to resist all kinds of wear and tear Is desired as for instance in wrappings and bag papers the kraft process Is especially adaptable to the pulping of long resinous and non resinous woods certain hinds kinds of wood that are useless in the manufacture of sulphite pulp being adaptable to this process in the sulphate process used for mak ing kraft paper sulphate of soda replaces soda ash originally the pulp was only partially digested and the process was completed by mechanical means in the modern production of kraft pulp the cooking Is more thor ough and the subsequent disint egra tion lion of the pulp Is accomplished in the beaters and jordana |