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Paper Physical Analysis
Test
Method
Abrasion, Taber, Dry

T476

Abrasion, Taber, Wet

T476

Absorption, Castor Oil

UM420

Absorption, Oil

PIRA

Absorption, Water

UM596

Absorption, Water, Bibulous Papers

T432

Absorption, Water, Corrugating Medium

T819A

Absorption, Water, Corrugating Medium, Drop Penetration

T831

Absorption, Water, Corrugating Medium, Float Curl Method

T832

Accelerated Aging, Dry

T453

Accelerated Aging, Moist

T544/ASTM D4714

Basis Weight

T410

Basis Weight of Combined Board Components

IPST

Box Compression

T804

Box Blank Dimensioning

T827

Brightness, Diffuse

T534/ISO 2469

Brightness, Directional (GE or TAPPI)

T452

Brightness, Powder

T534

Brightness, Pulp (d/0o)

T525

Brightness Reversion

T260

Bristow Absorption

ASTM D5455

Burst, Paper

T403

Burst, Board

T807

Burst, Combined Board

ISO 2759

Caliper, Hard Platen

T411

Caliper, Soft Platen

IPST

Cobb Water Absorption

T441

Color (45o/0o geometry)

T524

Color (d/0o geometry)

T527

Compression, Axial (End-to-End) of Composite Tubes/Cores

CCTI T107

Concora, CMT, Flat Crush

T809

Contact Angle

T458

Crack Angle

IPST

Crush, Side-to-Side of Composite tubes and cores

CCTI T108

Curl

IPST, UM426

Curl, Gummed Papers

T520

Density (in addition to basis weight & caliper)

T220

Dirt Count

T213, T437

Edge Crush (ECT)

T811

Edge Crush (ECT) (Clamp Method)

T839

Elastic Modulus (Ultrasonic) (Ex, Ey, Gxy - In Plane)

IPST

Elastic Modulus (Ultrasonic) (Ez - Out-of-Plane)

IPST

Elastic Modulus (Ultrasonic) (Gxz - MD Out-of-Plane)

IPST

Elastic Modulus (Ultrasonic) (Gyz - CD Out-of-Plane)

IPST

Environmental Chamber, Use of

NA

Fadeometer (up to 32 specimens)

UM461

Fiber Orientation (Ultrasonic) (Polar Plot)

IPST

Fines Fraction (Britt Jar)

T261

Flat Crush (Combined Board), Flexible Beam

T808

Flat Crush (Combined Board), Rigid Beam

T825

Flexural Stiffness (4-Pt. Beam)

T836

Fluorescence Component, Diffuse

T534/ISO 2469

Fluorescence Component, Directional (TAPPI)

T452

Fold, MIT

T511

Fold, Schopper

T423

Formation, M/K (subcontracted)

Friction, Coefficient of, Static and Kinetic (93g. sled, 1"X 3")

IPST

Friction, Coefficient of, Static and Kinetic, Writing Paper

T549

Friction, Coefficient of, Static and Kinetic, Board

T816

Friction, Coefficient of, Hot

IPST/T828

Gloss, 75o

T480

Grinding

IPST

Hercules Size Test

T530

Hygroexpansivity (up to 20 specimens/cabinet)

UM549

K & N Ink Smear

UM553

Manufacturer's Glue Joint

T813

Moisture Content

T412

Needle Abrasion

IPST

Opacity, Contrast Ratio (15o, A/2o, 89%)

T425

Opacity, Printing (d/0o, C/2o, paper)

T519

Opacity, Scattering/Absorption Coefficient

T425

Peel

T540

Peel (Keil Wheel)

UM808

Pin Adhesion

T821

Ply Separation of Wet Fiberboard

T812

Polar Plot (Ultrasonic Fiber Orientation)

IPST

Pore Size Distribution

IPST

Porosity, Bendtsen

ISO 5636/3

Porosity, Frazier

T251

Porosity, Gurley, LP

T460

Porosity, Gurley, HP

T536

Porosity, Parker Print-Surf

IPST

Puncture

T803

Resistivity, D-C (Keithley Method) (surface & volume)

ASTM D4949

Ring Crush (Flexible Beam Method)

T818

Ring Crush (Rigid Support Method)

T822

Roughness, Bendtsen

UM535

Roughness, Emveco Stylus

IPST

Roughness, Parker Print-Surf

IPST

Roughness, Sheffield

T538

Rub, Ink on Containerboard

T830

Rub, Sutherland (Dry Ink on Printed Surface)

UM592

Rub, Sutherland (Dry Rub, Wet Rub, or Wet Bleed/Smear)

UM487

Runnability

IPST

STFI (Short-Span Compression)

T826

Stiffness, Taber

T489

Stiffness, Gurley

T543

Surface Energy

IPST

Tear

T414

Tensile, Stretch, TEA, Modulus, Dry

T494

Tensile, Stretch, TEA, Modulus, Wet (immersion only)

T456

Tensile, Z-Direction

T541

Tensile, Z-Direction, Epoxy

IPST

Tensile, Short-Span, Dry (0.2mm/0.4mm)

Pulmac

Tensile, Short-Span, Wet (0.2mm/0.4mm)

Pulmac

Tensile, Zero-Span, Dry

T231

Tensile, Zero-Span, Wet

T273

Ultrasonic In-Plane Stiffness/Shear (Ex, Ey, Gxy)

IPST

Ultrasonic Out-of-Plane Z-Dir Longitudinal Stiffness (Ez)

IPST

Ultrasonic Out-of-Plane Z-Dir MD Shear (Gxz)

IPST

Ultrasonic Out-of-Plane Z-Dir CD Shear (Gyz)

IPST

W.V.T.R., (73oF, 50% RH)

T448

W.V.T.R., (100oF, 90% RH)

T464

W.V.T.R. Creasing

T465

Wax Pick

T459

Whiteness, CIE

T524



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