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Top coating Table 4.3.1 Pronunciation Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking Subdomain (2nd level):  Surface treatments Subdomain (3rd level):  Coating Grammatical category:  Complex term Grammar notes:  Uncountable Definition:  Last coating process that paper undergoes. Definition source:  Brewer (2003) Context:  Plastic pigments have also been adapted by Nippon Paper Industries to give high gloss paper on conventional double coating facilities. Precoating is with a typical pigment coat. Top coating is with a styrene-acrylic plastic pigment, of glass transition temperature 102°C, but without an adhesive. A coat weight of under 1 g/m² gave about 70% paper gloss, which gave nearly 90% after supercalendering. Context source:  EN 18 Attestation:  2 Related terms:  Top coat It:  Patinatura finale Degree of reliability IT:  3 Fr:  Top-couchage Degree of reliability FR:  3