Determination of paper production conditions of wild cherry wood growing in Bartin region

In this study, paper pulp and handsheets were produced from Wild cherry (Cerasus avium (L.) Moench) sapwood, heartwood and both by using sulphate (kraft) method. Based on previous studies, twelve cookings have been carried out with the parameters of 1/5 chip-liquor ratio, 170±2 °C cooking temperature, 60 minutes reaching time to maximum temperature, active alkali / sulfidity ratios as 20/26, 22/24, 24/22, 26/20, 80 minutes cooking time at the maximum temperature. It is concluded that general purpose paper can be manufactured from heartwood and sapwood of Wild cherry wood by using kraft pulping method. According to the results, optimum active alkali/sulfidity ratio were determined as 20/26.