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Understanding Paper Sizing Techniques

Sizing in paper manufacturing reduces liquid absorption, allowing inks and paints to remain on the surface for better printing and writing quality. Papers are categorized into unsized, weak sized, and strong sized based on their water resistance, with internal and surface sizing being the two main types. The advantages of sizing include increased strength, rigidity, and abrasion resistance, while decreasing hairiness and frictional resistance.

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Understanding Paper Sizing Techniques

Sizing in paper manufacturing reduces liquid absorption, allowing inks and paints to remain on the surface for better printing and writing quality. Papers are categorized into unsized, weak sized, and strong sized based on their water resistance, with internal and surface sizing being the two main types. The advantages of sizing include increased strength, rigidity, and abrasion resistance, while decreasing hairiness and frictional resistance.

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Sizing Part-2

Sizing is used during paper manufacture to reduce the paper's tendency when dry to absorb
liquid, with the goal of allowing inks and paints to remain on the surface of the paper and to
dry there, rather than be absorbed into the paper. This provides a more consistent,
economical, and precise prin ng, pain ng, and wri ng surface. This is achieved by curbing
the paper fibers' tendency to absorb liquids by capillary ac on. In addi on, sizing affects
abrasiveness, creasability, finish, printability, smoothness, and surface bond strength and
decreases surface porosity and fuzzing.

There are three categories of papers with respect to sizing: unsized (water-leaf), weak sized
(slack sized), and strong sized (hard sized). Waterleaf has low water resistance and includes
absorbent papers for blo ng. Slack sized paper is somewhat absorbent and includes
newsprint, while hard sized papers have the highest water resistance, such as coated fine
papers and liquid packaging board.

There are two types of sizing: internal sizing, some mes also called engine sizing, and
surface sizing (tub sizing). Internal sizing is applied to almost all papers and especially to all
those that are machine made, while surface sizing is added for the highest grade bond,
ledger, and wri ng papers.

Advantages • Higher strength • Lower elonga on • Higher bending rigidity • Higher abrasion
resistance • Lower hairiness • Lower fric onal resistance

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