Monthly Archives: November 2014

Tensile strength of paper

What is the tensile strength of paper? The tensile strength is the maximum stress to break a strip of paper sheet. It is one of the most important basic physical properties of paper and paperboard. The tensile strength is different basis on fiber direction. Since the fiber orientation Read more

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Tear strength of paper

What is the tear strength of paper? The tear strength of paper means the resistance of a paper sheet to tearing force that it is subjected to. It is another important basic physical property of paper and paperboard. It is measured in both machine direction (MD) & cross direction Read more

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