Newsprint Product group newsprint comprises of 1) standard newsprint and 2) special newsprint grades. Standard newsprint Standard newsprint grades are mainly used for printing newspapers, but also for newspaper supplements, weeklies, and less demanding commercial printing. The most important properties for standard newsprint are density, brightness and colour, smoothness of surface, oil absorption, and strength
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After reading this article you will..
- understand the end use areas of newsprint grades.
- understand the structure and raw material components of newsprint grades.
Content
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
- Printing
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Author:
Jouni Paltakari and Victoria Lindqvist, Aalto University
Based on: Papermaking Science and Technology, book 18, Paper and Board Grades, Paulapuro, H. (Book editor). Chapter 1, Printing and writing papers. Jyväskylä, 2000, Fapet Oy. More references can also be found in this chapter.
References:
- Papermaking Science and Technology, book 18, Paper and Board Grades, Paulapuro, H. (Book editor). Chapter 1, Printing and writing papers. Jyväskylä, 2000, Fapet Oy.
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