Development of specialty papers is an art: Mulberry paper from indigenous raw materials─Part XII

Abstract

<smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/"> Mulberry paper is a highly specialized paper exclusively used for the manufacturing of wedding and greeting cards. Besides writing and printing properties, a few mechanical strength properties like folding endurance, burst factor and tear factor, are the most important properties for mulberry paper. The present paper aims at developing mulberry paper from locally available hard woods like, <i style="">Eucalyptus tereticornis</i>, <i style="">Populus deltoides</i> and grass like <i style="">Bambusa aurandacea</i> from Assam origin. </smarttagtype></smarttagtype>