This second volume of the Handbook of Physical Testing of Paper focuses on physical paper testing in the laboratory and on-line, highlighting assays for paper interactions with light, moisture, electricity and heat; liquid and gas penetration; microscopy analysis; and paper surface properties. It describes laboratory testing devices and step-by-step procedures, with helpful information on equipping the paper and board testing laboratory, and on interlaboratory reference systems.

This edition of the two volume set contains 30 chapters, one third of which are entirely new. The other 20 chapters have all undergone extensive revision and expansion.

From the Preface: “We have tried to assemble here as many of the modern aspects of properties testing in the paper and paperboard field as possible. One of our objectives is to enable those concerned with planning, specifying, and evaluating the physical and mechanical testing of these materials to take advantage of the many advances and improvements that have taken place in recent years. We also feel that it is important and useful to codify the excellent pioneering work that has provided the essential base for these advances, which has been included to the maximum extent possible...”

Target Audience: Paper scientists, engineers, quality assurance practitioners, and technologists; paper and surface physicists; materials, fiber, environmental, forestry, chemical, and applied scientists and engineers; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents:

Testing in the Laboratory and on the Paper Machine:

The Paper and Board Testing Laboratory

On-line Testing of Paper

Conditioned Test Atmospheres

Appearance and Structure Analysis:

Optical and Appearance Properties

Microscopy

Interactions with Liquids and Gases:

Porosity and Gas Permeabililty

Wetting and the Penetration of Liquids into Paper

Electrical and Thermal Interactions:

Electrical Properties: I. Theory

Electrical Properties: II. Applications and Measurement Methods

Thermal Properties

Physical and Surface Properties:

Characterization of Paper Surfaces Using Optical Profilometry

Paper Friction

Paper Abrasivity

Testing the Tactile Properties of Tissue and Nonwovens

Note: Handbook of Physical Testing of Paper, Volume 1, 2nd Ed. is a companion volume to title.