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Standardisation in pulp and paper testing
After reading this article you will..
- understand why standards are important in general.
- know that in the pulp and paper industry most of the standards are for test methods not products.
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
Authors & references
Edited by:
Petteri Maijanen, ABB
Original author:
Liva Söderhjelm
Based on: Söderhjelm, L., Standardization in pulp and paper testing (Chapter 15). In: Levlin, J-E. & Sjöderhelm, L. (ed), Pulp and paper testing (Book 17), Papermaking Science and Technology. Jyväskylä. 1999. Fapet Oy. pp. 269–275.
References:
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Pulp and paper capacities survey 2019 – 2024, p. 68, 79.
- Morris, H., Tissue World Magazine, Global average per capita tissue consumption stands at above 5 kg – but 10 kg is possible, December 1, 2019.
- Kilpi, S. Asia Pacific Papermaker 6(4):35(1996)
- Novak, E. and Hornakova, L. Papir Celuloza 33(1):913(1978)
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