Course Overview

Fundamentals and applications of paper science and papermaking engineering will be given and they cover chemical structures of polysaccharides constituting fibers, pulping methods for extracting fibers from wood, papermaking technology such as beating, forming, calendering and coating, and geometrical, mechanical, optical, water-related properties of paper as well as latest research topics.

Learning Achievement

Students will be engaged in achieving a basic knowledge of biomaterial by learning woody plants and examining a basic knowledge of the major components of wood.

Competence

This coursework links up with Biological, Chemical and Technological Knowledge.

Course prerequisites

Students will be expected to have successfully completed Polymer Chemistry prior to enrollment in this course.

Grading Philosophy

Exams (60%) and Reports (40%)

Course schedule

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Enomae Toshiharu,Nakagawa-Izumi Akiko

Other information

Lecture is conducted in English.
Hybrid or Others. interdepartmental course (In order to respect for other students, I will define classroom conduct and decorum for learning excellence, latenss, permission to leave the classroom in the midst of the coursework.)
Basic knowledge on mathematics, chemistry, and physics is required.

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