Paper specialties

• Book ID: 104117950
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1912
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 67 KB
• Volume: 173
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(12)90580-3

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Paper Specialties. H. 1DOSTL. (Papierfabrikant, ix, 853. )-Japanese papers.--Genuine Japanese papers are not made from rags, but only from freshly-prepared native bast fibres. These bast fibres receive only a very gentle chemical and mechanical treatment; the bast is steeped in dilute alkali, and cleaned by hand, and beaten by hand with wooden mallets: the Hollander machine is not employed. Hence the fibres retain all their natural qualities and strength, and as 11o bleaching chemicals are used, Japanese papers are noted for their great strength, and have a silky gloss and feel, and are excellent for printing. Attempts to use native Japanese fibres in Europe have been unsatisfactory.