EP2082096A1 - Bleaching of pulp - Google Patents

Bleaching of pulp

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EP2082096A1
EP2082096A1 EP07808867A EP07808867A EP2082096A1 EP 2082096 A1 EP2082096 A1 EP 2082096A1 EP 07808867 A EP07808867 A EP 07808867A EP 07808867 A EP07808867 A EP 07808867A EP 2082096 A1 EP2082096 A1 EP 2082096A1
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Magnus BJÖRKLUND
Thomas Christopher Greschik
Håkan FÄGERSTEN
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21CPRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • D21C9/00After-treatment of cellulose pulp, e.g. of wood pulp, or cotton linters ; Treatment of dilute or dewatered pulp or process improvement taking place after obtaining the raw cellulosic material and not provided for elsewhere
    • D21C9/10Bleaching ; Apparatus therefor
    • D21C9/12Bleaching ; Apparatus therefor with halogens or halogen-containing compounds
    • D21C9/14Bleaching ; Apparatus therefor with halogens or halogen-containing compounds with ClO2 or chlorites
    • D21C9/142Bleaching ; Apparatus therefor with halogens or halogen-containing compounds with ClO2 or chlorites with ClO2/Cl2 in a multistage process involving ClO2/Cl2 exclusively

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  • the present invention relates to a bleaching process which decreases the brightness reversion or yellowing of an ECF bleached pulp.
  • the target is to provide high and stable brightness levels.
  • brightness reversion or yellowing of pulp occurs to varying extent during storage and transportation to the paper mill depending on e.g. temperature, humidity, wood species, cooking conditions and bleaching sequence. It is therefore important to perform the bleaching so that the brightness reversion becomes as low as possible.
  • a standard elemental chlorine free (ECF) bleaching sequence is disclosed. The bleached pulp obtained from this sequence may, however, suffer from considerable brightness reversion.
  • the Ljungberg Textbook, Pulp Technology, 2004 generally discloses ECF bleaching in which brightness reversion may suffer from considerable brightness reversion. It would thus be of interest to provide a process further improving the brightness stability.
  • the present invention intends to provide such process, particularly for decreasing the brightness reversion of pulps derived from an alkaline pulping process with a certain content of hexenuronic acid prior to the final bleaching stage.
  • the present invention relates to a process of bleaching pulp derived from an alkaline pulping process having a hexenuronic acid content prior to the final bleaching stage from about 1 to about 80 mmol/kg dry pulp, said process comprising three chlorine dioxide stages DO, D1 , and D2, wherein the chlorine dioxide charges based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in a) DO is from about 40 to about 60 %; b) D1 is from about 30 to about 55 %; c) D2 is from about 4 to about 20 %, and wherein the final chlorine dioxide stage D2 is performed at a pH from about 2 to about 4.5.
  • the pulp to be bleached may be derived from lignocellulose-containing material which may comprise e.g. wood logs, finely-divided raw materials, and woody materials, such as wood particles and non-wood such as fibres of annual or perennial plants.
  • the woody raw material can be derived from hardwood or softwood species, such as birch, beech, aspen, alder, eucalyptus, maple, acacia, mixed tropical hardwood, pine, fir, hemlock, larch, spruce, and mixtures thereof.
  • Non-wood plant raw material can be provided from e.g.
  • pulp derived from recycled pulp may be used, either separately or in mixtures with virgin pulps.
  • the pulp can be a chemical pulp, produced using an alkaline pulping process, for example sulphate, soda processes or modifications thereof with optional additives such as anthraquinone, e.g. the soda anthraquinone (AQ) pulping process.
  • the chemical pulp obtainable from lignocellulose-containing materials may be subjected to one or more oxygen treatment stages subsequent to the pulping process.
  • the process can be applied to chemically digested pulps having an initial kappa number, i.e. a kappa number after digestion but before oxygen delignification, in the range from about 5 to about 40, for example from about 8 to about 30, or from about 8 to about 25
  • the referred kappa number is measured according to the ISO 302 Standard Method.
  • the content of hexenuronic acids in the bleached pulp prior to the final bleaching stage is from about 5 to about 80 or from about 5 to about 25, or from about 5 to about 15 mmol/kg dry pulp.
  • the pH of the first chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 2 to about 4, for example from about 2.5 to about 3.5.
  • the pH of the second chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 2.5 to about 4.5, for example from about 3 to about 4.
  • the pH of the final chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 2 to about 4.4 or from about 2 to about 4.3, for example from about 2 to about 4 or from about 2 to about 3.5, such as from about 2 to about 3.4 or from about 2 to about 3.3 or from about 2.5 to about 3, or any other sub-range within the range from about 2.5 to about 4.5.
  • the temperature of the first chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 40 to about 90, for example from about 50 to about 80 or from about 55 to about 70°C.
  • the temperature of the second chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 70 to about 90, for example from about 80 to about 90°C.
  • the temperature of the final chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 80 to about 100, for example from about 85 to about 100, or from about 87 to about 100 0 C.
  • the pulp consistency in the chlorine dioxide bleaching stages ranges from about 1 to about 40, for example from about 3 to about 30 or from about 5 to about 15 wt%.
  • the charge of chlorine dioxide charge based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in DO is from about 45 to about 55, for example from about 45 to about 50, or from about 45 to about 48 %.
  • the charge of chlorine dioxide charge based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in D1 is from about 35 to about 50, for example from about 40 to about 50, or from about 45 to about 50 %.
  • the charge of chlorine dioxide charge based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in D2 is from about 5 to about 15 , for example from about 5 to about 12, or from about 5 to about 10%.
  • the retention time of the first chlorine dioxide bleaching stage is from about 20 to about 60, for example from about 30 to about 50, or from about 35 to about 45 minutes.
  • the retention time of the second chlorine dioxide bleaching stage is from about 60 to about 240, for example from about 60 to about 120, or from about 60 to about 90 minutes.
  • the retention time in the final chlorine dioxide bleaching stage is from about 90 to about 360, for example from about 110 to about 240, or from about 110 to about 180 minutes.
  • the bleaching process may comprise besides chlorine dioxide stages for example ozone, peracid, oxygen and/or peroxide- containing, as well as enzyme-containing bleaching stages either in addition to the sequence of three chlorine dioxide stages or substituting any of the initial chlorine dioxide stages.
  • also washing and/or extraction stages, acidification and/or chelating agent stages may be present in the bleaching process preceeding, between and/or subsequent to any bleaching stages.
  • chlorine dioxide and chelating agent stages can be carried out without any make-up chemicals added, as both stages can be performed at similar pH ranges.
  • a chelating agent stage is carried out essentially in absence of chlorine dioxide, as essentially most of the chlorine dioxide is washed away by the washing stage.
  • an acid readily available in the pulp mill may be employed.
  • the pulp can be bleached with a peroxide-containing compound which can be an inorganic peroxide compound such as hydrogen peroxide or peroxomonosulphuric acid (caro's acid) or an inorganic peroxide compound like aliphatic peracids and aromatic peracids and salts thereof.
  • a peroxide-containing compound which can be an inorganic peroxide compound such as hydrogen peroxide or peroxomonosulphuric acid (caro's acid) or an inorganic peroxide compound like aliphatic peracids and aromatic peracids and salts thereof.
  • Suitable organic peroxides are peracetic acid and performic acid.
  • the peroxide-containing compound is hydrogen peroxide or a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid commonly referred to as equilibrium peracetic acid.
  • the pH of the pulp suspension is suitably above 7, for example in the range from about 7 to about 13, from about 8 to about 12, or from about 9.5 to about 1 1.5.
  • the temperature of the hydrogen peroxide bleaching may be from about 30 to about 130, for example from about 50 to about 100, or from about 50 to about 90 °C.
  • the length of the hydrogen peroxide treatment may be from about 3 to about 960, for example from about 10 to about 360, or from about 60 to about 240 minutes.
  • the amount of added hydrogen peroxide is from about 1 to about 60, for example from about 6 to about 50, or from about 13 to about 40 kg per tonne dry pulp.
  • Other bleaching agents may be added to the hydrogen peroxide bleaching stage such as oxygen.
  • the bleaching process comprises an ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) or a substantially ECF sequence, for example according to the following sequence: DO(OP)DI nD2, where DO, D1 , and D2 indicate three chlorine dioxide (D) stages, OP indicates an oxygen-containing peroxide stage, and n indicates a neutral washing stage.
  • the bleached pulp is subsequently treated as an aqueous suspension prior to papermaking by dewatering and drying said suspension, wherein the pH of the suspension to be treated ranges from about 6.5 to about 12.
  • the bleached pulp may be further treated as set out in US appl.11/847374.
  • the invention also relates to a bleached pulp obtainable by the process defined herein.
  • the experiments were carried out employing an industrial oxygen-delignified eucalyptus pulp.
  • the characteristics of the oxygen-delignified pulp is shown in table 1.
  • the pulp could be characterized as a low bleaching chemical demand pulp with high content of hexenuronic acid (HexA).
  • the pulp had an unbleached kappa number of 10.7 and required 1.5 kg/t H 2 O 2 and 27 kg/t CIO 2 in the sequence DO(OP)DI nD2 to reach the brightness target 90.5% ISO.
  • the aim of the experiments was to improve a standard ECF sequence, DO(OP)DI nD2, in view of brightness reversion within the limitations of an existing mill.
  • DO(OP)DI nD2 DO(OP)DI nD2
  • the conditions in the D1 and D2 stages and the distribution of chlorine dioxide were varied whereas the conditions in the DO and (OP) stages were kept constant.
  • the retention time and temperature in the DO stage were 45 minutes and 60°C.
  • the (OP) stage was performed at a pressure of 0.5 MPa, a retention time of 60 minutes, a temperature of 8O 0 C and a final pH between 1 1.6 and 11.9.
  • the hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) dosage was 1.5 kg/t on oven dry pulp in all experiments.
  • the pulp and chemicals were mixed at 10 wt% pulp consistency and distributed uniformly in polypropylene bags, the atmosphere of which was saturated with oxygen.
  • the plastic bags were sealed and placed in autoclaves which were pressurized with oxygen.
  • the chlorine dioxide dosages were given as active chlorine.
  • the consistency was 10 wt% in all bleaching stages. All non-pressurised stages were carried out in sealed plastic polyethylene bags.
  • the pulp was washed with distilled water.
  • the pH was adjusted to between 7 and 10 with NaOH.
  • the kappa number and ISO brightness were determined according to ISO 302 and ISO 2470 respectively.
  • the hexenuronic acid was determined by acidic hydrolysis of the pulp in a formate buffer followed by UV analysis of the 2-furoic acid formed in the hydrolysate. The accelerated heat-induced brightness reversion was evaluated as humid brightness reversion.
  • the "humid brightness reversion" was evaluated by measuring the brightness loss after the sheet had been conditioned at 23°C and 50% relative humidity, sealed in a polyethylene bag, kept at 70°C for 64h and finally removed from the bag and allowed to temperate at room temperature for at least 1 h.
  • the brightness reversion was reported as the difference in ISO brightness units before and after reversion treatment.

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process of bleaching pulp derived from an alkaline pulping process having a hexenuronic acid content prior to the final bleaching stage from about 1 to about 80 mmol/kg dry pulp, said process comprising three chlorine 5 dioxide stages D0, D1, and D2, wherein the chlorine dioxide charges based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in a) D0 is from about 40 to about 60 %; b) D1 is from about 30 to about 55 %; c) D2 is from about 4 to about 20 %, and wherein the final chlorine dioxide stage D2 is 10 performed at a pH from about 2 to about 4.5. The invention also relates to a bleached pulp obtainable by the process.

Description

Bleaching of pulp
The present invention relates to a bleaching process which decreases the brightness reversion or yellowing of an ECF bleached pulp.
Background of the invention
In the art of bleaching, the target is to provide high and stable brightness levels. However, brightness reversion or yellowing of pulp occurs to varying extent during storage and transportation to the paper mill depending on e.g. temperature, humidity, wood species, cooking conditions and bleaching sequence. It is therefore important to perform the bleaching so that the brightness reversion becomes as low as possible. In the paper "How to Improve Brightness Stability of ECF bleached Softwood and Hardwood Kraft Pulp", Suess, H. U. et al, 2004, APPITA Conference, Canberra, a standard elemental chlorine free (ECF) bleaching sequence is disclosed. The bleached pulp obtained from this sequence may, however, suffer from considerable brightness reversion. Also The Ljungberg Textbook, Pulp Technology, 2004 generally discloses ECF bleaching in which brightness reversion may suffer from considerable brightness reversion. It would thus be of interest to provide a process further improving the brightness stability. The present invention intends to provide such process, particularly for decreasing the brightness reversion of pulps derived from an alkaline pulping process with a certain content of hexenuronic acid prior to the final bleaching stage.
The invention
The present invention relates to a process of bleaching pulp derived from an alkaline pulping process having a hexenuronic acid content prior to the final bleaching stage from about 1 to about 80 mmol/kg dry pulp, said process comprising three chlorine dioxide stages DO, D1 , and D2, wherein the chlorine dioxide charges based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in a) DO is from about 40 to about 60 %; b) D1 is from about 30 to about 55 %; c) D2 is from about 4 to about 20 %, and wherein the final chlorine dioxide stage D2 is performed at a pH from about 2 to about 4.5.
The pulp to be bleached may be derived from lignocellulose-containing material which may comprise e.g. wood logs, finely-divided raw materials, and woody materials, such as wood particles and non-wood such as fibres of annual or perennial plants. The woody raw material can be derived from hardwood or softwood species, such as birch, beech, aspen, alder, eucalyptus, maple, acacia, mixed tropical hardwood, pine, fir, hemlock, larch, spruce, and mixtures thereof. Non-wood plant raw material can be provided from e.g. straws of grain crops, reed canary grass, reeds, flax, hemp, kenaf, jute, ramie, sisal, abaca, coir, bamboo, bagasse or combinations thereof. However, also pulp derived from recycled pulp may be used, either separately or in mixtures with virgin pulps. The pulp can be a chemical pulp, produced using an alkaline pulping process, for example sulphate, soda processes or modifications thereof with optional additives such as anthraquinone, e.g. the soda anthraquinone (AQ) pulping process. The chemical pulp obtainable from lignocellulose-containing materials may be subjected to one or more oxygen treatment stages subsequent to the pulping process. The process can be applied to chemically digested pulps having an initial kappa number, i.e. a kappa number after digestion but before oxygen delignification, in the range from about 5 to about 40, for example from about 8 to about 30, or from about 8 to about 25 The referred kappa number is measured according to the ISO 302 Standard Method.
According to one embodiment, the content of hexenuronic acids in the bleached pulp prior to the final bleaching stage is from about 5 to about 80 or from about 5 to about 25, or from about 5 to about 15 mmol/kg dry pulp.
According to one embodiment, the pH of the first chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 2 to about 4, for example from about 2.5 to about 3.5. According to one embodiment, the pH of the second chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 2.5 to about 4.5, for example from about 3 to about 4. According to one embodiment, the pH of the final chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 2 to about 4.4 or from about 2 to about 4.3, for example from about 2 to about 4 or from about 2 to about 3.5, such as from about 2 to about 3.4 or from about 2 to about 3.3 or from about 2.5 to about 3, or any other sub-range within the range from about 2.5 to about 4.5.
According to one embodiment, the temperature of the first chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 40 to about 90, for example from about 50 to about 80 or from about 55 to about 70°C. According to one embodiment, the temperature of the second chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 70 to about 90, for example from about 80 to about 90°C. According to one embodiment, the temperature of the final chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 80 to about 100, for example from about 85 to about 100, or from about 87 to about 100 0C.
According to one embodiment, the pulp consistency in the chlorine dioxide bleaching stages ranges from about 1 to about 40, for example from about 3 to about 30 or from about 5 to about 15 wt%.
According to one embodiment, the charge of chlorine dioxide charge based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in DO is from about 45 to about 55, for example from about 45 to about 50, or from about 45 to about 48 %. According to one embodiment, the charge of chlorine dioxide charge based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in D1 is from about 35 to about 50, for example from about 40 to about 50, or from about 45 to about 50 %. According to one embodiment, the charge of chlorine dioxide charge based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in D2 is from about 5 to about 15 , for example from about 5 to about 12, or from about 5 to about 10%.
According to one embodiment, the retention time of the first chlorine dioxide bleaching stage is from about 20 to about 60, for example from about 30 to about 50, or from about 35 to about 45 minutes. According to one embodiment, the retention time of the second chlorine dioxide bleaching stage is from about 60 to about 240, for example from about 60 to about 120, or from about 60 to about 90 minutes. According to one embodiment, the retention time in the final chlorine dioxide bleaching stage is from about 90 to about 360, for example from about 110 to about 240, or from about 110 to about 180 minutes. According to one embodiment, the bleaching process may comprise besides chlorine dioxide stages for example ozone, peracid, oxygen and/or peroxide- containing, as well as enzyme-containing bleaching stages either in addition to the sequence of three chlorine dioxide stages or substituting any of the initial chlorine dioxide stages. According to one embodiment, also washing and/or extraction stages, acidification and/or chelating agent stages may be present in the bleaching process preceeding, between and/or subsequent to any bleaching stages.
According to one embodiment, chlorine dioxide and chelating agent stages can be carried out without any make-up chemicals added, as both stages can be performed at similar pH ranges.
According to one embodiment, a chelating agent stage is carried out essentially in absence of chlorine dioxide, as essentially most of the chlorine dioxide is washed away by the washing stage.
According to one embodiment, if exceptionally an acid is added to the treatment with the chelating agent, an acid readily available in the pulp mill may be employed.
According to one embodiment, for example subsequent to treatment with a chelating agent, the pulp can be bleached with a peroxide-containing compound which can be an inorganic peroxide compound such as hydrogen peroxide or peroxomonosulphuric acid (caro's acid) or an inorganic peroxide compound like aliphatic peracids and aromatic peracids and salts thereof. Suitable organic peroxides are peracetic acid and performic acid. For example, the peroxide-containing compound is hydrogen peroxide or a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid commonly referred to as equilibrium peracetic acid. When hydrogen peroxide is used the pH of the pulp suspension is suitably above 7, for example in the range from about 7 to about 13, from about 8 to about 12, or from about 9.5 to about 1 1.5. The temperature of the hydrogen peroxide bleaching may be from about 30 to about 130, for example from about 50 to about 100, or from about 50 to about 90 °C. The length of the hydrogen peroxide treatment may be from about 3 to about 960, for example from about 10 to about 360, or from about 60 to about 240 minutes. Usually the amount of added hydrogen peroxide is from about 1 to about 60, for example from about 6 to about 50, or from about 13 to about 40 kg per tonne dry pulp. Other bleaching agents may be added to the hydrogen peroxide bleaching stage such as oxygen.
According to one embodiment, the bleaching process comprises an ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) or a substantially ECF sequence, for example according to the following sequence: DO(OP)DI nD2, where DO, D1 , and D2 indicate three chlorine dioxide (D) stages, OP indicates an oxygen-containing peroxide stage, and n indicates a neutral washing stage. According to one embodiment, the bleached pulp is subsequently treated as an aqueous suspension prior to papermaking by dewatering and drying said suspension, wherein the pH of the suspension to be treated ranges from about 6.5 to about 12. The bleached pulp may be further treated as set out in US appl.11/847374.
According to one embodiment, the invention also relates to a bleached pulp obtainable by the process defined herein.
The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the gist and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the claims. The following examples will further illustrate how the described invention may be performed without limiting the scope of it.
All parts and percentages refer to part and percent by weight, if not otherwise stated.
Examples
The experiments were carried out employing an industrial oxygen-delignified eucalyptus pulp. The characteristics of the oxygen-delignified pulp is shown in table 1. The pulp could be characterized as a low bleaching chemical demand pulp with high content of hexenuronic acid (HexA). The pulp had an unbleached kappa number of 10.7 and required 1.5 kg/t H2O2 and 27 kg/t CIO2 in the sequence DO(OP)DI nD2 to reach the brightness target 90.5% ISO.
Table 1 : Oxygen delignified eucalyptus pulp
The aim of the experiments was to improve a standard ECF sequence, DO(OP)DI nD2, in view of brightness reversion within the limitations of an existing mill. The same total dosage of chlorine dioxide was made in all experiments.
The conditions in the D1 and D2 stages and the distribution of chlorine dioxide were varied whereas the conditions in the DO and (OP) stages were kept constant. The retention time and temperature in the DO stage were 45 minutes and 60°C. The (OP) stage was performed at a pressure of 0.5 MPa, a retention time of 60 minutes, a temperature of 8O0C and a final pH between 1 1.6 and 11.9. The hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dosage was 1.5 kg/t on oven dry pulp in all experiments. The pulp and chemicals were mixed at 10 wt% pulp consistency and distributed uniformly in polypropylene bags, the atmosphere of which was saturated with oxygen. The plastic bags were sealed and placed in autoclaves which were pressurized with oxygen. The chlorine dioxide dosages were given as active chlorine. The consistency was 10 wt% in all bleaching stages. All non-pressurised stages were carried out in sealed plastic polyethylene bags.
After each bleaching stage, the pulp was washed with distilled water. In the neutral wash stage (n) between the D1 and D2 stages, the pH was adjusted to between 7 and 10 with NaOH. The kappa number and ISO brightness were determined according to ISO 302 and ISO 2470 respectively. The hexenuronic acid was determined by acidic hydrolysis of the pulp in a formate buffer followed by UV analysis of the 2-furoic acid formed in the hydrolysate. The accelerated heat-induced brightness reversion was evaluated as humid brightness reversion. The "humid brightness reversion" was evaluated by measuring the brightness loss after the sheet had been conditioned at 23°C and 50% relative humidity, sealed in a polyethylene bag, kept at 70°C for 64h and finally removed from the bag and allowed to temperate at room temperature for at least 1 h. The brightness reversion was reported as the difference in ISO brightness units before and after reversion treatment.
Example 1
The results after bleaching the pulp according to the invention and the reference are set out in table 2. pH and chlorine dioxide distribution in the stages DO, D1 , and D2 were varied as set out in table 2.
Table 2: Results of different modifications of the standard ECF sequence
D0/D1/D2 Bright Humid Brightness Reversion
Bleaching D1-D2 D1-D2
Distribution % ness ISO units Approach pH Temp. °C of total charge % ISO
Reference 3.0-6.1 90-90 56/41/3 90.5 14.4 Invention 3.0-3.0 90-90 45/45/10 90.0 10.5
In table 2, the effect of the final pH in the D2 stage and the distribution of chlorine dioxide charge in stages DO, D1 , and D2 is shown, as well as humid brightness reversion. The humid reversion was reduced from 14.4 in the reference to 10.5 units according to the invention, thus a considerable improvement.

Claims

Claims
1. Process of bleaching pulp derived from an alkaline pulping process having a hexenuronic acid content prior to the final bleaching stage from about 1 to about 80 mmol/kg dry pulp, said process comprising three chlorine dioxide stages DO, D1 , and D2, wherein the chlorine dioxide charges based on the total chlorine dioxide charge in a) DO is from about 40 to about 60 %; b) D1 is from about 30 to about 55 %; c) D2 is from about 4 to about 20 %, and wherein the final chlorine dioxide stage D2 is performed at a pH from about 2 to about 4.5.
2. Process according to claim 1 , wherein the hexenuronic acid content is from about 5 to about 25 mmol/kg dry pulp.
3. Process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pH of the final chlorine dioxide stage is from about 2 to about 4.
4. Process according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the hexenuronic acid content is from about 5 to about 15 mmol/kg dry pulp.
5. Process according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the final chlorine dioxide stage is performed at a pH from about 2 to about 3.4.
6. Process according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the temperature of the final chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 85 to about 100 0C.
7. Process according to any of claims 1-6, wherein the final chlorine dioxide stage is performed at a pH from about 2 to about 3.3.
8. Process according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the chlorine dioxide charge in a) DO is from about 45 to about 55 %, b) D1 is from about 35 to about 50 %, and c) D2 is from about 5 to about 15 %.
9. Process according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the chlorine dioxide charge in a) DO is from about 45 to about 50 %, b) D1 is from about 40 to about 50 %, and c) D2 is from about 5 to about 12 % .
10. Process according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein the temperature of the final chlorine dioxide bleaching stage ranges from about 85 to about 100°C.
1 1. Bleached pulp obtainable by the process as defined in any one of claims 1 to 10.
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