摘要 |
A process for the bleaching or delignification of chemical pulp, wherein, before bleaching or delignification with an oxygen chemical, the pulp is pretreated with a chelating agent in order to eliminate the adverse effects of any heavy metals present in the pulp. The chelating agent used consists of compounds according to Formula (I), where n is 1-3, m is 0-3, p is 1-3, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are H, Na, K, Ca or Mg, R5 and R6 are H, CH2OH, CH2CH2OH or CH2O(CH2CH2O)1-10CH2CH2OH. |