Paper made from mechanical pulp contains significant amounts of lignin, a major component in wood. In the presence of light and oxygen, lignin reacts to give yellow materials, which is why newsprint and other mechanical paper yellows with age. Paper made from bleached kraft or sulfite pulps does not contain significant amounts of lignin and is therefore better suited for books, documents and other applications where whiteness of the paper is essential.
What particle is associated with the yellowing of newspapers? A book is likely made with paper that has low amounts of what component of wood? What does lignin react to to produce the yellowing you see in newspapers?