Timo Karppinen et al 2004 Meas. Sci. Technol. 15 1223 doi:10.1088/0957-0233/15/7/001
Timo Karppinen, Ivan Kassamakov, Edward Hæggström and Jyrki Stor-Pellinen
Show affiliationsWe introduce a method to measure paper wetting based on the measurement of monochromatic (670 nm) light transmission through paper. The samples were 49.8–51.7 g m−2 handsheets, the hydrophobicity of which was tuned by the fibre content of the furnish. In addition, one of the samples was internally sized. Impact wetting with isopropanol and water mist pulses was applied. The duration of a pulse was 100 ms, and the amount of liquid per pulse was 12.6 ± 1.2 g m−2. Optical changes in a paper sample were detected by measuring the average intensity of transmitted light through a selected area. The results showed that different wetting processes (pure capillary and combined capillary and diffusion wetting) could be distinguished from each other. With the presented method, differences in the individual behaviour of the samples during wetting could also be seen.
42.62.Eh Metrological applications; optical frequency synthesizers for precision spectroscopy
78.20.-e Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films
Soft matter, liquids and polymers
Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical
Instrumentation and measurement
Issue 7 (July 2004)
Received 5 March 2004
Published 28 May 2004
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