Structure characterisation of pigment coating layer on paper by scanning electron microscopy and image analysis

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-312

  Chinga, Gary ^a   Helle, Torbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coating structure; Image analysis; LWC paper; Particle orientation; Porosity; SEM

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIGMENTS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

PIGMENT COATINGS;

PAPER COATING;

COATING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHODS; PAPER STRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036398784     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2002-17-03-p307-312     Document Type: Article

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