Stiffness A property of paper and paperboard which correlates with resistance to bending. Stock Pulp mixture used for papermaking. With additives, also referred to as furnish. Stress Fibers in a sheet of paper are usually under stress because they have shrunk during drying. Tear A measure of the force required to tear a sheet of paper, measured under prescribed laboratory conditions.
Titanium is a lustrous white metallic element.
Titanium dioxide may be used as loading or coating material to increase the apparent whiteness, brightness and opacity of paper. Top Side Designates the felt side of a sheet of paper. The top side of a sheet is the side not against the forming wire during manufacture. A sample is taken from the completed reel at turn up. In the papermaking process, paper is formed at the wet end of the machine, with the pulp slurry carried on and draining through the forming wire.