How is paper manufactured? Write in your own words. - Vidyadip

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How is paper manufactured? Write in your own words.

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Coniferous trees like pine trees are used to make paper.

The bark of the logs of these trees is first removed and the wood is broken into small pieces.
The mixture of these pieces with some chemicals is kept soaked for a long time to form pulp.
On completion of chemical process, fibrous substances from wood pulp are separated and some dyes are added.
The pulp is then passed through rollers, dried to form paper and finally wound on reels.

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