Housing Watch Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: how to make paper

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Papermaking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papermaking

    Papermaking is the manufacture of paper and cardboard, which are used widely for printing, writing, and packaging, among many other purposes. Today almost all paper is made using industrial machinery, while handmade paper survives as a specialized craft and a medium for artistic expression . In papermaking, a dilute suspension consisting mostly ...

  3. History of paper - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_paper

    The word "paper" is etymologically derived from papyrus, Ancient Greek for the Cyperus papyrus plant. Papyrus is a thick, paper-like material produced from the pith of the Cyperus papyrus plant which was used in ancient Egypt and other Mediterranean societies for writing long before paper was used in China.

  4. Kraft process - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_process

    Woodchips for paper production. The kraft process (also known as kraft pulping or sulfate process) is a process for conversion of wood into wood pulp, which consists of almost pure cellulose fibres, the main component of paper. The kraft process involves treatment of wood chips with a hot mixture of water, sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and sodium ...

  5. Paper - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper

    Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying. Although paper was originally made in single sheets ...

  6. Paper chemicals - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_chemicals

    Paper chemicals. Paper chemicals designate a group of chemicals that are used for paper manufacturing, or modify the properties of paper. These chemicals can be used to alter the paper in many ways, including changing its color and brightness, or by increasing its strength and resistance to water. [ 1] The chemicals can be defined on basis of ...

  7. Pulp (paper) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_(paper)

    Pulp (paper) Structural fibres of pulp. Pulp at a paper mill near Pensacola, 1947. Pulp is a fibrous lignocellulosic material prepared by chemically, semi-chemically or mechanically producing cellulosic fibers from wood, fiber crops, waste paper, or rags.

  8. Laid paper - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laid_paper

    Laid paper. Laid paper is a type of paper having a ribbed texture imparted by the manufacturing process. In the pre-mechanical period of European papermaking (from the 12th century into the 19th century), laid paper was the predominant kind of paper produced. Its use, however, diminished in the 19th century, when it was largely supplanted by ...

  9. Amate - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amate

    Amate paper is one of a number of paper crafts of Mexico, along with papel picado and papier-mâché (such as Judas figures, alebrijes or decorative items such as strands of chili peppers called ristras ). However, amate paper has been made as a commodity only since the 1960s.

  1. Ads

    related to: how to make paper