Discussion
Assertion (A): Newsprint made from mechanical pulp yellows with age.
Reason (R): The lignin retained in the pulp darkens on exposure to light and air.
Answer: D
Both are true and the reason gives the mechanism: chemical pulps have the lignin removed and are far more stable, which is why archival papers are made from them rather than from groundwood. Old newspaper browns within a few years.
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