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Coated paper

Coated paper is paper

Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
which has been coated

Coating

Coating is a covering that is applied to an object. The aim of applying coatings is to improve surface properties of a bulk material usually referred to as a Substrate ....
by a compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight and surface gloss, smoothness or ink absorbency. Kaolinite

Kaolinite

Kaolinite is a clay mineral with the chemical composition Aluminium2Silicon2Oxygen54. It is a layered Silicate minerals, with one tetrahedron sheet linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedron sheet of alumina octahedra....
and calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CalciumCarbonOxygen3. It is a common substance found as Rock in all parts of the world, and is the main component of seashells, snails, and eggshells....
are most often used for coating papers used in commercial printing. Coating formulations also contain synthetic or natural organic binder and viscofiers and other additives, such as styrene-butadiene

Styrene-butadiene

Styrene-Butadiene or Styrene-Butadiene-Rubber is a synthetic rubber copolymer consisting of styrene and butadiene. It has good Wear#Abrasive wear resistance and good aging stability when protected by additives, and is widely used in car tires, where it is blended with natural rubber....
latexes, starch

Starch

File:Amylose2.svgFile:Amylopektin Sessel.svgStarch or amylum is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds....
es, dispersants, resins, PVC.

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Coated paper is paper

Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
which has been coated

Coating

Coating is a covering that is applied to an object. The aim of applying coatings is to improve surface properties of a bulk material usually referred to as a Substrate ....
by a compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight and surface gloss, smoothness or ink absorbency. Kaolinite

Kaolinite

Kaolinite is a clay mineral with the chemical composition Aluminium2Silicon2Oxygen54. It is a layered Silicate minerals, with one tetrahedron sheet linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedron sheet of alumina octahedra....
and calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CalciumCarbonOxygen3. It is a common substance found as Rock in all parts of the world, and is the main component of seashells, snails, and eggshells....
are most often used for coating papers used in commercial printing. Coating formulations also contain synthetic or natural organic binder and viscofiers and other additives, such as styrene-butadiene

Styrene-butadiene

Styrene-Butadiene or Styrene-Butadiene-Rubber is a synthetic rubber copolymer consisting of styrene and butadiene. It has good Wear#Abrasive wear resistance and good aging stability when protected by additives, and is widely used in car tires, where it is blended with natural rubber....
latexes, starch

Starch

File:Amylose2.svgFile:Amylopektin Sessel.svgStarch or amylum is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds....
es, dispersants, resins, PVC. Coatings may also protect against ultraviolet

UV Coating

The term "UV coating" has various meanings....
radiation, or give water resistance and wet-strength. the best

See also

Papermaking
Papermaking

Papermaking is the process of making paper, a substance which is used ubiquitously today for writing and packaging.In papermaking a dilute suspension of fibers in water is drained through a screen, so that a mat of randomly interwoven fibers is laid down....
Inkjet paper
Inkjet paper

File:TMG-InkjetPaperCollection.PNGInkjet paper is paper designed for inkjet printers, typically classified by its paper size#Expressing paper thickness and density, brightness and smoothness, and sometimes by its opacity....