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wood pulp made from chemically treated and cooked wood fibers and used in the manufacture of better grades of paper.

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How to use chemical pulp in a sentence

There was Carol White, a ho-hum homemaker who finds herself besieged by multiple chemical sensitivity in Safe.
Julianne Moore Is Oscar Gold in ‘Still Alice’|Marlow Stern|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Methane is a familiar chemical, whether you know it by that name or not.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, their presence shows that Mars could have a more complex and evolving chemical story.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lakes on Titan are full of methane, and the chemical is a major component of the giant planets Jupiter, Neptune, and so forth.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Methane (chemical formula CH4) is one of the simplest hydrocarbons, which literally means “containing hydrogen and carbon.”
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Every drop of his brave spirit had been squeezed out of him, and he stood the mere pulp and rind of his former self.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He was soon very quick in separating the fibres from the pulp and spreading them out to dry before packing.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
This pulp is treated with water in an ordinary paper machine, and worked just like paper pulp.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
The application is made in a paper machine, the pulp being allowed to flow over the cardboard.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
Its chemical composition is unknown, but it is nitrogenous, and is believed to be produced by the decomposition of gluten.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson