The Rock says

As u know, i have a stupid habit of finding random things, here it is one more. As we use paper in our daily life and also we all know that paper forms from wood pulp, but most of us dont know how actually it forms. So i had decided to investigate it and wanna explain u the process of forming a paper. So here we goes......... Most materials used for packaging are paper /card based. Card and paper are made from wood pulp and waste paper. When paper is examined through a microscope the fibres that form the material can be seen. The fibres are made from cellulose which is extracted from the wood pulp and recycled waste paper. STAGES OF PAPER MANUFACTURE A tree is cut down and the trunk is fed into a chipping machine where it is cut into very small pieces. The wood chips are boiled in water to form a thick wood pulp Chemicals / ingredients such as starch and bonding agents are added. The pulp is poured over a fine mesh and the water escapes leaving the cellulose fibres behind. This forms the paper. Graphical explanation is available at http://www.technologystudent.com/despro2/crdpap1.htm Paper based materials such as cardboard are thick because they are made up of several layers of pulp. If greater even thickness is needed this is achieved by gluing layers of card together in a process called laminating. Starch is a carbohydrate, being the typical amylose,C6H10O5, and is detected by the fine blue color given to it by free iodine