Material testing and product properties
- Why test pulp and paper?
- Fibre properties
- Papermaking properties of pulp
- Fluff pulps
- Chemical analysis of pulps
- General physical properties of paper and board
- Optical properties of paper
- End-use properties of printing papers
- End-use properties of packaging papers and boards
- Tissue papers
- Permanent papers
- Reliability of results in physical testing of pulp and paper
- Quality control at the mill
- Standardisation in pulp and paper testing
Fluff pulps Fluff pulp is the common name for wood pulps used in the absorbent core of personal care products such as disposable diapers, incontinence pads, feminine absorbent pads, air-laid absorbent towelling, hospital bed pads, and moisture shields. Standard diapers today usually contain two fluff layers: a combined acquisition or distribution layer and a storage
Authors & references
Edited by:
Petteri Maijanen, ABB
Original author:
Sirpa Eskelinen
Based on: Eskelinen, S. Fluff pulps (Chapter 5). In: Levlin, J-E. & Sjöderhelm, L. (ed), Pulp and paper testing (Book 17), Papermaking Science and Technology. Jyväskylä. 1999. Fapet Oy. pp. 94–108.
References:
- Cottenden, A. M., “The ISO pad leakage project: Result and conclusions”, Insight 90 International Conferences, Miller Freeman Publication Inc., San Francisco, USA, 1990, 50 pp.
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