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Table 3.2
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Raw materials
Subdomain (2nd level):  Papermaking additives
Grammatical category:  Simple term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Papermaking additives in the form of powder or slurry added to pulp, in order to improve the opacity, whiteness, smoothness and printability of paper.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  The wet end of a PM may make paper formation appear an essentially physical process. But there are also important chemical influences at work, whose science is called wet end chemistry. It basically concerns the charge interaction between the fibers, fines, fillers, paper additives, and other dissolved and colloidal substances in the stock.
Context source:  EN 17
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Sizing agents, Dyes, Retention aids, Cationic starch, Antislimes
Hyponyms:  Kaolin (en1), Calcium carbonate (1), Titanium dioxide (1), Talc (en1)
Hyperonyms:  Papermaking additives
It:  Cariche
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Charges
Degree of reliability FR:  3