Paper
ObjectHistoric Inventions
Thin sheets made from matted cellulose fibers
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Paper
- Historic Inventions
Paper is a thin sheet made from matted cellulose fibers, largely derived from lignocellulose. It is produced by draining and drying a slurry of pulp into sheets. Paper types vary by fiber, pulp, sizing, coating, size, density and grammage. Papermaking developed in East Asia by at least 105 CE, and wood pulp became dominant after its 1843 invention and the Second Industrial Revolution.
- Composition
- Matted cellulose fibers, largely derived from lignocellulose
- Early papermaking
- Developed in East Asia by at least 105 CE
- Dominant variety
- Pulpwood paper
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Paper (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q11472
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Meganbeckett27. CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsMeganbeckett27, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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