Cardboard & Paper
Design & Technology: AQA GCSE, topic 2.2.2
Cardboard and Paper
Paper does not have good resistance to forces and stress, whereas cardboard is often corrugated and shows good resistance to forces.
Cardboard and paper
- Cardboard is often corrugated and shows good resistance to forces.
- The strength of cardboard allows it to be used to package products and protect them.
- On the other hand, paper does not have good resistance to forces and stress. However, these can be enhanced with other materials added to paper such as polymers e.g. laminating.
Foam board
- Foam board is a common example of combining two materials for a purpose.
- Foam gives the thickness but is held by two layers of gloss paper.
- This can then be used for presentation boards as it retains a high quality and professional feel without the weight that thicker boards and cards possess.
Corrugated board
- Corrugated board uses waves between two sheets which resists impact and force and so protects the product that it is packaging.
- Interestingly, corrugated cardboard is used to package paper.
- Resistance to compression is required when using a paper trimmer to cut through the material.
Lamination
- Lamination can be used to protect and make the work waterproof by sandwiching two layers of clear plastic using heat or cold-based methods.
Test yourself on Cardboard & Paper
What is commonly used for presentation boards as it retains a high quality and professional feel without being heavy?