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WATER ABSORBENCY [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Pulp and Paper
DEF

The amount of water absorbed in a given time by one side of a unit area of paper or paperboard placed horizontally under a head of 1 cm of water.

OBS

Sometimes referred to as a Cobb test (see this term in the Termium bank).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Pâtes et papier

Spanish

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