The chemistry and engineering involved in transforming pines into pages.
From our favourite books or magazines to the pages of our notepads or sketchbooks, we have used paper to help share ideas and information since the process was invented in China in the second century CE. Papermaking is a craft that has remained fundamentally unchanged throughout the years, but modern technology has dramatically increased the quality and efficiency.
All paper products, like the pages of this magazine, for example, start out life as a tree. Its bark is removed and the remaining wood is chipped, mashed into a pulp and processed by machines to make it smooth and durable.
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