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1. Corrugated Cardboard
Material Science

2. Manufacturing Process
• Core ingredient: Pine wood chips.
• Cooked in a solution of sodium hydroxide, to
remove the lignin, fiber glue.
• Turned into a fiber, then cleaned and refined.
• Entered into a Fourdrinier machine, or paper
making machine.
• Paper heated up and run through a set of gears
to create waves.
• Glue applied to the peaks of waves, then applied
to top and bottom layers.

3. Factoids
• In 1992 we produced more than 25 million
tons of corrugated cardboard.
• As well as another 6 million tons of non-
corrugated cardboard.
• Favored material for boxing and
transportation for consumer products.
• Appeal: cheap to produce, has a high
resistance against tearing, bursting,
splitting, for a paper element

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