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Tearing Strength

Tensile force required to rupture a pre-slit woven fabric specimen under the conditions outlined in ASTM D-2261 and ASTM D-2262. Edge tearing strength of paper is the force required to tear a specimen folded over a V-notch and loaded in a tensile test machine.

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