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Resistivity of paper
After reading this article you will..
- understand the mechanisms determining how electrical current passes through paper and via fibres
- understand how resistivity and conductivity depend on the moisture content and temperature of a paper structure
- know how to control resistivity and conductivity with additives
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
Author:
Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
Based on: Alava, M. Paper surface and thermal, electrical and friction characteristics (Chapter 3). 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. 93–127.
References:
1. Murphy, E. J., J. Phys. Chem. Solids 16:115(1960).
2. Murphy, E. J., J. Phys. Chem. Solids 15:66(1960).
3. Sapieha, S., Seth, R., and Lepoutre, P., Svensk Papperstid 87(15):R127(1984).
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