Paper and Paperboard Physical Testing Standards at a Glance: 60+ GB/T and QB/T Test Methods

Published:2026-10-03 · Industry News

Standard Titles

GB/T 451.1-2002 Paper and board — Determination of size and deviation

GB/T 451.2-2002 Paper and board — Determination of grammage

GB/T 451.3-2002 Paper and board — Determination of thickness

GB/T 452.1-2002 Paper and board — Determination of machine and cross direction

GB/T 452.2-2002 Paper and board — Determination of wire and felt sides

GB/T 453-2002 Paper and board — Determination of tensile strength (constant rate of loading method)

GB/T 454-2002 Paper — Determination of bursting strength

GB/T 455-2002 Paper and board — Determination of tearing resistance

GB/T 456-2002 Paper and board — Determination of smoothness (Bekk method)

GB/T 457-2002 Paper — Determination of folding endurance (Schopper method)

GB/T 458-2002 Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (Schopper method)

GB/T 459-2002 Paper and board — Determination of dimensional stability

GB/T 460-2002 Paper — Determination of sizing degree (ink line method)

GB/T 461.1-2002 Paper and board — Determination of capillary rise (Klemm method)

GB/T 461.2-2002 Paper and board — Determination of surface absorption rate (Withdrawn)

GB/T 461.3-2005 Paper and board — Method for determination of absorbency (immersion method)

GB/T 464.1-1989 Paper and board — Accelerated dry heat ageing method (105±2°C, 72 h)

GB/T 464.2-1993 Paper and board — Accelerated dry heat ageing method (120±2°C or 150±2°C)

GB/T 465.1-1989 Paper and board — Method for determination of bursting strength after immersion in water for a specified time

GB/T 465.2-1989 Paper and board — Method for determination of tensile strength after immersion in water for a specified time

GB/T 1538-1979 Board — Method for determination of folding endurance (Schopper tester)

GB/T 1539-1989 Board — Method for determination of bursting strength

GB/T 1540-2002 Paper and board — Determination of water absorptiveness (Cobb method)

GB/T 2678.1-1993 Pulp — Method for determination of screening

GB/T 2678.4-1994 Pulp and paper — Method for determination of zero-span tensile strength

GB/T 2679.2-1995 Paper and board — Determination of water vapour transmission rate and creased water vapour transmission rate (dish method)

GB/T 2679.3-1996 Paper and board — Determination of stiffness

GB/T 2679.4-1994 Paper and board — Method for determination of roughness (Bendtsen roughness method)

GB/T 2679.5-1995 Paper and board — Determination of folding endurance (MIT folding endurance tester method)

GB/T 2679.6-1996 Corrugating medium — Determination of flat crush strength

GB/T 2679.7-2005 Board — Method for determination of puncture strength

GB/T 2679.8-1995 Paper and board — Determination of ring crush strength

GB/T 2679.9-1993 Paper and board — Method for determination of roughness (print-surf method)

GB/T 2679.10-1993 Paper and board — Method for determination of short-span compression

GB/T 2679.13-1996 Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — Bendtsen method

GB/T 2679.14-1996 Filter paper and board — Determination of maximum pore diameter

GB/T 2679.15-1997 Paper and board — Determination of printing surface strength (electrically accelerated method)

GB/T 2679.16-1997 Paper and board — Determination of printing surface strength (pendulum or spring accelerated method)

GB/T 2679.17-1997 Corrugated board — Determination of edgewise crush strength (edge reinforcement method)

GB/T 2912-1991 Chemical analysis filter paper — Method for determination of separation performance

GB/T 3332-2004 Pulp — Determination of beating degree (Schopper-Riegler method)

QB/T 3702-1999 Laboratory beating — Valley beater method

GB/T 5402-2003 Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — Gurley method

GB/T 5405-2002 Paper — Determination of sizing degree (liquid penetration method)

GB/T 5406-2002 Paper — Determination of grease resistance

GB/T 6545-1998 Corrugated board — Method for determination of bursting strength

GB/T 6546-1998 Corrugated board — Method for determination of edgewise crush strength

GB/T 6547-1998 Corrugated board — Method for determination of thickness

GB/T 6548-1998 Corrugated board — Method for determination of adhesion strength

GB/T 8942-2002 Paper — Determination of softness

GB/T 10340-1989 Paper and board — Method for determination of filtration rate

GB/T 12659-1990 Pulp — Laboratory beating — Jokro mill method

GB/T 12660-1990 Pulp — Determination of drainability ("Canadian standard" freeness method)

GB/T 12909-1991 Paper and board — Method for determination of bending stiffness (resonance method)

GB/T 12911-1991 Paper and board — Method for determination of ink absorbency

GB/T 12914-1991 Paper and board — Method for determination of tensile strength (constant rate of elongation method)

QB/T 1461-1992 High-permeability paper — Method for determination of air permeability

QB/T 1462-1992 Pulp — Laboratory wet disintegration

QB/T 1463-1992 Pulp — Laboratory beating — PFI mill method

QB/T 1938-1994 Soft paper — Method for determination of thickness

QB/T 3704-1999 Pulp — Method for determination of physical properties of laboratory sheets

Source: China Packaging Network (pack.cn), original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-362281.html

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