1. HOW MUCH PAPER IS IN A TREE?
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PAPER , *TREES , *EUCALYPTUS , *WOOD , *DENSITY , *FIBERS , *CALCIUM carbonate - Abstract
The article highlights the results of a study on the quantity of paper that comes from one tree by Phil Whiteman of Grand Ridge Plantations, operating in the Strzelecki Ranges, Victoria. The findings include: a typical plantation eucalypt has a volume of 1 m³, wood density is about 500 kg m³ requiring 7.14 liters of wood, pulp yield is about 50 percent requiring 3.57 kg of oven-dried wood, copy paper is about 80 percent fiber and 20 percent calcium carbonate and one ream of paper has 500 sheets and has area of 31.185 m².
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- 2006