Chemicals used in paper manufacturing[]
| alum | "Sulfate of alumina" | Al2(SO4)3.18H2O | For alkaline sizing along with rosin |
| Albarine | "Natural Sulfate of Lime" | CaSO4.2H2O | building materials. |
| Chlorine dioxide | chlorine dioxide | Template:ClO2 | pulp bleaching |
| Chlorine | chlorine | Cl | pulp bleaching |
| Dolomite | Calcium Magnesium Carbonate | CaMg(CO3)2 | Filler, Coating |
| DTPA | Diethylene Triamine Penta Acetate | C14H33N3O10 | Used for chelation (removal of transition metals from pulp). |
| EDTA | Ethylene Diamine Tetra acetic Acid | C10H16N2O8 | Used for chelation (removal of transition metals from pulp). |
| Enzyme | Used in Deinking | ||
| FSA | Formamidine Sulphuric Acid or Thiourea Dioxide | CH4N2SO2 | Post Deinking bleaching |
| Guar gum | Natural Polymer | Dry Strength Additive | |
| Gypsum or Mineral White or Plaster | Natural Sulfate of Lime | CaSO4.2H2O | Gypsum board |
| Hydrogen Peroxide | Hydrogen Peroxide | H2O2 | In Pulp Bleaching |
| Hypochlorous acid | Hypochlorous acid | HOCl | In Pulp Bleaching |
| Lime | Calcium Oxide | CaO | Alkaline Pulping Process Chemical Recovery, Bleaching |
| Limestone | Calcium Carbonate | CaCO3 | To make Precipitated CaCO3, is used as Filler and in Coating |
| Magnesium Bisulfite | Magnesium bisulfite | Mg(HSO3)2 | Used in Sulfite pulping |
| Magnesite | Magnesium Carbonate | MgCO3 -100% | Filler for cigarette paper |
| Milk of Lime | Calcium Hydroxide | Ca(OH)2 | For causticizing of green liquor |
| Milk of Magnesia | Magnesium Hydroxide | Mg(OH)2 | |
| Oxygen |
Oxygen |
O |
In Pulp Bleaching |
| Ozone | Ozone | O3 | In Pulp Bleaching |
| Rosin | Abietic Acid | C19H29COOH | Sizing |
| Rosin Soap | Sodium Abietate | C19H29COONa | Sizing |
| Salt Cake | Sodium sulfate | Na2SO410H2O | Makeup chemical in sulfate pulping chemical recovery (Na2SO4. ---Na2S) |
| Soap/ Fatty Acid | Deinking | ||
| Sodium Bisulfite | Sodium bisulfite | NaHSO3 | Used in Sulfite pulping |
| Soda Ash | Sodium Carbonate | Na2CO3 | Makeup chemical in alkaline pulping chemical recovery (Na2CO3+Ca(OH)2---2NaOH+CaCO3) |
| Sodium Aluminate | Sodium aluminate | Na2Al2O4 | Used in conjunction with alum to control pH |
| Sodium Bisulfite | Sodium bisulfite | NaHSO3 | An acid type cooking liquor chemical component sometimes used to neutralized residual chlorine in the pulp during the bleaching process. |
| Sodium Chlorate | Sodium Chlorate | NaClO3 | Used to generate Chlorine Dioxide |
| Sodium Dithionite | Sodium Hydrosulfite | Na2S2O4 | Bleaching |
| Sodium Hypo-chlorite | Sodium hypochlorite | NaOCl | Bleaching |
| Sodium Peroxide | Sodium peroxide | Na2O2 | Bleaching |
| Sodium Silicate | Sodium Silicate | Na2SiO3 | In waste paper deinking for wetting, peptization, ink dispersion, peroxide stabilization. |
| Sodium Sulfide | Sodium sulfide | Na2S | Active chemical in kraft/sulfate cooking liquor |
| Sodium Thiosulfate | Sodium thiosulfate | Na2S2O3 | Bleaching |
| Sodium tripolyphosphate | Sodium tripolyphosphate | Na5P3O10 | Dispersant |
| Starch | Consists of glucose units linked together by oxygen bridges called glycosides | Wet and dry end additive | |
| Sulfur | Sulfur | S | To make HSO3f or bi-sulfite pulping |
| Surfactant | Used in deinking. Used as debonders in fluff pulp manufacture. | ||
| Titania | Titanium Dioxide | TiO2 | Filler to increase the opacity and brightness of paper. Used in coating. |
| Anatase | Titanium Dioxide | Template:TiO2 |