In his very first paper on the subject, he suggested that this could well be due to the chlorine then widely used by cork manufacturers to bleach corks and make them look higher quality.

• 在其第一篇就该问题发表的论文中，坦纳提出，这很可能是因为当时软木塞制造商普遍使用氯来漂白软木塞，目的是为了让它们看起来质量更好。