Applications
Paper can be produced with a wide variety of properties, depending on its intended use.
- For representing value: paper money, bank note, cheque, security (see security paper), voucher and ticket
- For storing information: book, notebook, magazine, newspaper, art, zine, letter
- For personal use: diary, note to remind oneself, etc.; for temporary personal use: scratch paper
- For communication: between individuals and/or groups of people.
- For packaging: corrugated box, paper bag, envelope, wrapping tissue, Charta emporetica and wallpaper
- For cleaning: toilet paper, handkerchiefs, paper towels, facial tissue and cat litter
- For construction: papier-mâché, origami, paper planes, quilling, paper honeycomb, used as a core material in composite materials, paper engineering, construction paper and paper clothing
- For other uses: emery paper, sandpaper, blotting paper, litmus paper, universal indicator paper, paper chromatography, electrical insulation paper (see also dielectric and permittivity) and filter paper
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