New TAPPI TIP 0304-08 provides answers on Gel Temperatures for Corrugating Adhesives

TAPPI has just released a new TAPPI TIP 0304-08, titled “Questions and Answers on Gel Temperatures and on the Gel Temperature Test for Corrugating Adhesives,” for use by the paper and pulp industry.

TAPPI TIPs, Technical Information Papers, are documents containing specialized information (e.g., data, software, calculations) used in the manufacture, evaluation and description of pulp, paper, and related products, written in a readily accessible standardized format.

This particular TIP addresses common questions on gel temperatures and temperature tests for corrugating adhesives.  The gel temperature is the temperature at which a water-starch mixture changes from a liquid slurry to a gelatin-like solid.  It is the point at which the material begins to function as an adhesive.

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