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Table 3 Model papers used for the application-oriented tests

From: Nano meets the sheet: adhesive-free application of nanocellulosic suspensions in paper conservation

Name of paper/material properties

Whatman no. 1 paper (I)

Rag paper (VII)

Rag paper (VIII)

Book paper with wood pulp (IX)

Dating

Twenty-first century

Before 1850

Before 1850

Twentieth century

Manufacture

Machine-made

Hand-made

Hand-made

Machine-made

Fibre material

Cotton linters

Rag

Rag

Wood pulp

Sizing

No sizing

Surface sizing

Surface sizing

Internal sizing

Characteristics

Blank

Partly blank, partly printed (black type area)

Varying iron gall ink, partly migrated

Blank