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sulphite process

 
   
an acid process for digesting woodpulp, where groundwood is heated with lime and sulphur dioxide to produce the pulp from which chemical paper is made. The paper is of better quality than that made by the sulphate process, and if beaten becomes translucent.  

 

 

 
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