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Paper optics
After reading this article you will..
- understand the importance of optical properties for paper and board surfaces in practical applications
Natural fibre products
- Printing and writing papers
- Paperboards
- Tissue
- Nonwovens
- Speciality papers
- Production of paper and board
- Stock and water systems
- Web forming
- Wet pressing
- Drying of natural fibre products
- Surface sizing
- Pigment coating
- Finishing
- Converting of paper and board
- Papermaking chemistry
- Paper physics
- Paper structure
- Fibres and bonds
- Paper surface and thermal, electrical and friction characteristics
- Paper optics
- In-plane tensile properties
- Structural mechanics of paper and board
- Moisture transport
- Rheology
- Dimensional stability
- Printing
Authors & references
Edited by:
Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
Based on: Pauler, N. Paper optics (Chapter 4). In: Niskanen, K. (ed), Paper Physics, (Book 16), Papermaking Science and Technology. 2nd edition. Jyväskylä, 2008, Finnish Paper Engineers’ Association/Paperi ja Puu Oy. pp. 128–180.
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This page has been updated 29.06.2023