Tabel.

Selected properties of some grades of paper and board

Selected properties Property LWC, Newsprint Wood- Bag SC-A, Boxboard

of some grades of Mechanical free paper Super-
paper and board paper offset Calendered
printing mechanical
paper uncoated
magazine
paper
Basis weight, 54 - 55 45-49 81.4 69.7 45-60 286
𝑔 𝑚−2𝑏
Caliper, 𝜇𝑚𝑐 45-46 62-80 110 106 39-54 453
Density, 𝑔 𝑐𝑚−3𝑐 1.25-1.3 0.61-0.74 0.74 0.66 1.15-1.23 0.63
Specific volume, 0.8-0.78 1.35-1.64 1.35 1.52 0.8-0.9 1.59
𝑐𝑚3 𝑔−1𝑐
Tensile strenghth, MD 36-40.9 26.5-30 64.5 78.5 36-42 245.5
𝑁𝑑 CD 14,6 12.6 25.1 53.5 80.5
Elongation, %𝑑 MD 1.0-1.2 0.8-0.9 1.6 2.8 1.2-1.3 2.0
CD 1.6 1.8 3.0 6.2 3.2
Breaking length, MD 4.5-4.95 3.30 5.25 7.50 5.75
𝐾𝑚 CD 1.75 1.55 2.05 5.15 1.85
Tear growth MD 180 120 340 640 1200
resistance,
𝑚𝑁𝑚 𝑚−1𝑒 CD 250 170 410 630 200-230 2440
Bursting strength 100 50 150 350 550
(Mullen), 𝐾𝑃𝑎 𝑓
Smoothness fs 633-2460 71.4 18.2 6.1 22.9
(𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑘) 𝑓 ws 600-2430 63.4 8.6 4.4 2.9
Smoothness 0.7-0.8 1.0-1.2
(𝑃𝑃𝑆, 1 𝑀𝑃𝑎)1 , 𝜇𝑚
Roughness fs 22 90 273 702 113
(Bendtsen), ws 20 114 469 838 >500
𝑚𝐿 𝑚𝑖𝑛−1ℎ
Specific bending MD 0.06 0.12 0.37 0.39 37.8
stifness, 𝑁𝑚𝑚𝑖 0.03
CD 0.04 0.39 0.18 13.1
Brightness, % fs 73.1(76)𝑚 55.9 84.6 66-67 81.5
ws 72.3(76)𝑚 56.3 84.6
Opacity, %𝑘 92-92.7 96.5 90.5 88-93 88-93