Effect of optical brightening agent degradation due to heat and moisture - Determining optical mottle ?

Paperi ja Puu/Paper and Timber

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 449-456

  Nordstrom J E P ^a,b   Nordlund, J P ^a,c   Gron J P L ^a,d  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

^c Iggesund Paper Board   (Sweden)

^d Valmet Corporation   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coated board; Fluorescent whitening agent (FWA); Humidity; Mottle; Offset; Optical brightening agent (OBA); Optical mottle; Optical properties; Printing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COATED MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; MOISTURE; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRINTING; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COATED BOARD; FLUORESCENT WHITENING AGENT; OPTICAL BRIGHTENING AGENT; OPTICAL MOTTLE;

PAPERBOARDS;

EID: 0031632197     PISSN: 00311243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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