To rip, rupture, or remove bits of a paper. Also, when used as a noun, the rip or rupture itself. The term tear is also used to refer to a …
Tear Sheet
Any printed page torn from a book, magazine, newspaper, or other publication, used for promotional, proofing, or other purposes.
Tear Strength
Alternate term for a paper’s tearing resistance. See Tearing Resistance.
Tear Test
A test used in papermaking to determine either the grain direction or the tearing resistance of a paper. See Grain andTeaering Resistance.
Tearing
An extreme form of picking in which the pull of a thick, tacky ink tears off portions of a paper’s surface, leaving a delaminated area on the press sheet. See Picking.
Tearing Resistance
General paper property that takes into account two measures of a paper’s ability to withstand being torn. Internal tearing resistance refers to the work required to tear a paper sample through a …
Tearing Strength
See Tearing Resistance.
Tensile Breaking Strength
A property of paper that indicates its ability to withstand a stretching force without breaking. The paper’s maximum elongation due to tensile stress is expressed as a percentage of its …
Tensile Energy Absorption
A measure of the capacity of paper to withstand a shock when subjected to sudden high tension. The tensile force applied to a paper is graphed against the percentage elongation …
Tensile Strength
Catchall term for a paper’s ability to withstand a stretching force. See Tensile Breaking Strength, Wet-Tensile Breaking Strength, Tensile-at-the-Fold, Tensile Energy Absorption, Wet Strength, and Z-Directional Tensile Strength. ‘Tensile strength is also a general term describing …
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