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Retention aids
Table 3.2
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Raw materials
Subdomain (2nd level):  Papermaking additives
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Papermaking additives that increase the retention efficiency of fine materials during sheet formation.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  Retention mainly refers to retaining fines and filler (either collectively or separately) within the paper, rather than their passing through the mesh of the PM wire(s). It is improved by the use of retention aids.
Context source:  EN 17
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Fillers, Sizing agents, Dyes, Cationic starch, Antislimes
Hyperonyms:  Papermaking additives
Related terms:  Retention
It:  Ritentivi
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Agents de rétention
Degree of reliability FR:  3