This book presents readable, practical information on paper properties, grades, and measurement. It offers a comprehensive approach to improving product quality and organizational profitability by showing the relationships among process, product, properties, and measurements. Includes a bibliography and suggested reading list.

From the Preface: “...The approach adopted at the outset [of the course on which the first edition of this text was based] was to introduce the various properties of paper and discuss them from the standpoint of their influence on the converting and end uses of paper...[E]mphasis is placed on how paper properties are influenced by raw materials and manufacturing processes. The interdependence of paper properties and the consequent limitations imposed on the papermaking are described. Finally, the common procedures and instruments used for evaluating paper properties are reviewed...”

Target Audience: Paper merchants and paper end-users of many varieties; also students of paper science and technology.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to Papermaking Processes and Raw Materials

Using Paper Properties Data for Product, Process, and Profit Improvement

The Structural Characteristics of Paper

The Mechanical Properties of Paper

The Appearance Properties of Paper

The Influence of Environment on Paper Properties

The Barrier and Resistance Properties of Paper

The Fundamental Aspects of Paper Properties

Interrelationships Among Paper Properties

Property Requirements of Printing and Writing Papers

The Properties of Paperboard Used in Packaging

The Properties of Creped Tissue Papers

General Bibliography