Properties of paper and board

Newsprint
1. Weight 50gsm
2. Advantages
  1. Cheap
  2. Lightweight
  3. Uncoated
3. Uses
  1. Newspaper
4. Relative Cost
  1. 1
    Annotations:
    - 10=High Cost 1=Low Cost
Layout Paper
1. Weight 60gsm
2. Advantages
  1. Thin
  2. Slighty Translucent
3. Uses
  1. Designers often use this paper for sketches and tracing
4. Relative Cost
  1. 3
    Annotations:
    - 10=High 1=Low
Tracing Paper
1. Uses
  1. Tracing
2. Weight 70 gsm
3. Advantages
  1. Transparent
4. Relative Cost
  1. 4
    Annotations:
    - 10=High 1=Low
Sugar Paper
1. Weight 90gsm
2. Advantages
  1. Cheap
  2. Uncoated
  3. Variety of colors
3. Uses
  1. Mounting of Work
    1. Fades in Sunlight
Inkjet/Laser photo Paper
1. Weight 150-230gsm
2. Advantages
  1. Special High Gloss or Matt coating
  2. Quick Drying
3. Cost
  1. 9
    Annotations:
    - 10=High Cost 1=Low Cost
4. Uses
  1. Photos
  2. Presentation
Card Board
1. Thickness 230-750 Microns
2. Advantages
  1. More rigid surface
    1. Makes printing easy
3. Uses
  1. Model-Making
4. Cost
  1. 5
    Annotations:
    - 10=High Cost 1=Low Cost
Mount Board
1. Thickness 750-3000
2. Advantages
  1. Thick Colored rigid board
3. Uses
  1. Modal Making
  2. High-quality picture mounting
4. Relative Cost
  1. 9
    Annotations:
    - 10=High Cost 1=Low Cost
Cartonboard
1. Thickness 230-1000
2. Advantages
  1. Boards are mad from many different layers and material
    1. e.g. Aluminium foil is used to keep drinks cool
  2. High-quality print surface
  3. Many types avaliable
3. Uses
  1. Pakaging
4. Relative Cost
  1. 7-10
    Annotations:
    - 10=High Cost 1=Low Cost
Corrugated Card
1. Advantages
  1. Strong
  2. Lightweight
2. Uses
  1. Packaging Protection
  2. Point of sales stand
3. Thickness 3000-5000 microns
4. Relative Cost
  1. 5
    Annotations:
    - 10=High Cost 1=Low Cost
Foam Board
1. Thickness 4000-7000 microns
2. Advantages
  1. Consists of two outer layers of high-quality card and a central layer of foam
3. Uses
  1. Presentation Boards
  2. Point of sale stands
4. Relative Cost
  1. 10
    Annotations:
    - 10=High Cost 1=Low Cost
Spiral wound tubing
1. Relative Cost
  1. 9
    Annotations:
    - 10=High Cost 1=Low Cost
2. Thickness 1000-3000 microns
3. Uses
  1. Packaging
4. Advantages
  1. High Strength
  2. 3D printable surface

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