Friction was measured on impregnated filter paper sheets using an apparatus
based on the horizontal plane principle. The first static, S1, the third s
tatic, S3 and the third kinetic coefficient of friction, K3 were measured.
Acid-washed filter paper was used as a model paper. The filter paper sheets
were impregnated with 24 different wood extractives in order to study the
individual influences of these wood extractives on paper-to-paper friction.
The model compounds, which represent major components of wood resin, were
different saturated fatty acids and fatty alcohols. unsaturated fatty acids
, triglycerides, resin acids. alkanes, sterols and betulin. The model compo
unds lowered the friction to different extents. The long chain saturated fa
tty acids and fatty alcohols, tristearin and the sterols decreased friction
to the lowest values obtained in this study. No dramatic change in paper-t
o-paper friction was observed when the filter papers were impregnated with
the other wood extractives. It was however found that resin acids also caus
ed a slight decrease in paper-to-paper friction, which was contradictory to
previous findings. A model to describe the effect of the wood extractives
on paper-to-paper friction is proposed.