units

CHE5160

Faculty of Engineering

Postgraduate - Unit

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4 points, SCA Band 2, 0.0833333 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Engineering
OfferedClayton First semester 2012 (On-campus block of classes)
Coordinator(s)W Batchelor

Synopsis

Resource location, species types, harvesting, constraints, forest management, silviculture, forest industry structure. Alternative uses for resources, non-wood resources, recycled paper. Wood morphology and chemical composition. Pulping. Review of pulping processes used in Australia. Markets for pulp and paper.

Assessment

Closed book departmental examination (3 hours): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Assoc Professor Karen Hapgood