noun
mechanical pulp
Technical term in papermaking; pulp produced by grinding wood mechanically rather than by chemical processing.
新聞紙には機械パルプが多く使われている。
Mechanical pulp is used extensively in newsprint.
Chemical pulp, produced by chemical digestion of wood; yields higher-quality paper but is more expensive than mechanical pulp.
Compound of 機械 (machine) and パルプ (pulp), a direct translation of the English term 'mechanical pulp'.