Biological oxygen demand pulp mill effluent

Cationic starches are widely used as wet-end additives in the pulp and paper industry to enhance starch and filler retention during papermaking. Use of cationic starches increases paper strength and decreases biological oxygen demand (BOD) of paper mill effluent. Presently only cationic corn and potato starches are used by Canadian paper mills. The degree of substitution (DS) of normal, waxy, high-amylose barley... 

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