Pulping liquor

Pulping liquor
(black liquor)
  The alkaline spent liquor removed from the digesters in the process of chemically pulping wood. After evaporation, the liquor is burned as a fuel in a recovery furnace that permits the recovery of certain basic chemicals.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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