Solid compounding material, often inert and usually in finely divided form, which may be added in relatively large proportions to a polymer to improve properties and/or decrease cost. Syn. Extender

Chalk clay or similar minerals added to paper pulp to extend the pulp, make it less porous, increase the smoothness of the paper and create a better printing surface; also called loadings.

The mineral pigments used in paper to improve its printing performance, as well as adding opacity and brightness.

Materials like clay added to pulp before it's formed into paper. Fillers improve a sheet's smoothness, brightness, and affinity for ink.

An inexpensive substance which is added to plastic resins to extend volume, improve properties, and lower cost.

See Inert Pigment.

1). A material that does not contain any fertilizer element but is added to obtain the desired weight of a mixed fertilizer. 2). Rice variety used to fill vacant areas of an experimental plot.

material added to a polymer to improve its properties, usually in powder or fibre form such as talc or wood pulp.

White pigments such as clay, titanium dioxide, and calcium carbonate that are added to paper in order to improve its opacity, brightness, and printing surface.

A generic term to describe the non-oxidizing clays or minerals added to the pulp at the beater stage to improve paper density.

ironworker who loaded the raw ingredients into the furnace stack

(r) a solid compounding material, usually in finely divided form, which may be added in relatively large proportions to a polymer for technical or economic reasons.

Additives Particulate solid, which can improve the working properties, permanence, strength or other quality of an adhesive.

A material such as china clay or calcium carbonate that is added to pulpstock to fill spaces between fibers and enhance printing properties of paper made from it.

Inert component of pesticide dust or granular formulation that acts as a diluent.

an inert substance added to a plastic to improve its hardness, stiffness, and impact strength

An inert ingredient added to roofing materials in order to alter their physical characteristics.

Inert inorganic powder used as a filling phase in industrial paints and in some architectural materials. Provides extra body or hiding power. May be added in relatively large proportions to improve properties and/or decrease cost. See Extender for architectural coatings

A relatively neutral ingredient added to a sealant/adhesive formulation to reduce its cost, improve its working properties, increase its cohesive strength or improve other qualities. Most formulations require a certain amount of filler to achieve desirable finished products, but high filler levels generally degrade performance.

Material added to resin to extend the volume or change the qualities of the resin. There is a limit to the amount of filler that can be added to the resin without affecting the desirable qualities of the resin.

anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights"

A material, typically clay or calcium carbonate, added to the furnish of paper mainly to increase the smoothness of the paper surface and make it a better printing surface. Fillers usually improve brightness and opacity too, and help prevent strike-through of ink, but at levels above 5% they interfere with fiber bonding and weaken the paper (Clark, p. 771). Early fillers (late 18th century, early 19th century) included gypsum, white lead, zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and even finely ground deep blue glass (called smalts). Today clay and titanium dioxide are the fillers usually used with acid furnish, and calcium carbonate (sometimes with clay or titanium dioxide) with alkaline furnish. Higher filler levels are possible with alkaline paper because the fiber is stronger, but retention is sometimes a problem. European mills, which have been making alkaline paper longer than American mills, are able to achieve filler levels of 30% by weight, and levels of 50% are predicted for the future. Papermakers generally want to include as much calcium carbonate as possible if they are using it, because it lowers the cost of materials used in manufacturing the paper..

Material added to the mixed resin to increase viscosity, improve appearance and/or lower the density and cost.

material added to the beating stage to fill in the pores of the fibre, producing a harder surface.

An inert or extending pigment such as China clay, barites, powdered mica, silica, whiting, etc.

Synonymous with extender.

Blank space added to the time line in the course of editing a program.

Chemically inert, finely divided material added to the Elastomer to aid in the processing and improvement of physical properties.

is inert material with a particular size less than 75 um, e.g. limestone dust, which used to fill voids and in the case of asphalt to modify its viscosity.

A very inexpensive material which is typically added to a plastic to make it less costly. They can be inert or can alter various properties of the plastic, particularly hardness, stiffness, and impact strength.

Any material used in multiconductor cables to occupy interstices between insulated conductors or form a core into a desired shape (usually circular). Also, any substance, often inert, added to a plastic or elastomer to improve its properties or decrease its cost.

Minerals used to improve the printing properties of paper.

substance (often white pigment) added to the furnish in order to improve paper properties

An inorganic addition, especially particulate additives, to the composite matrix in order to improve the performance of the product, such as in shrinkage control, surface smoothness and water resistance.

Is an inert, inexpensive substance that reduces the concentration of the more expensive active chemical ingredients in detergents. Several different types of dry ingredients are used in powder products; whereas, water is considered a filler in liquid detergents. Chemically inactive fillers are not equivalent to chemically functioning buffers.

A stiff piece of paper, cardboard or plastic found inside a First Day Cover. It provides necessary stiffness for a clearer cancellation. It also protects the cover from bending when it travels through the mail stream. Fillers, also termed stuffers, occasionally are imprinted with an advertising message or information pertaining to the stamp or cachet on the cover.

Inert material added to a plastic composition for purposes of reducing cost, modifying mechanical properties, to serve as a base for color effects, or to serve as a heat sink.

A relatively non-adhesive substance added to an adhesive to make it less costly, or to improve physical properties, particularly hardness, stiffness, impact strength, workability, permanence, color, and electrical properties.

Additive often used to lower cost of a material - such as calcium carbonate in a plastic - can be added to impart specific properties.

Often a white pigment, added to papermaking stock to improve properties such as brightness and smoothness

Minerals, such as clay and other white pigments, added to pulp to improve the opacity, smoothness, brightness, and printing capabilities of paper.

an inert foreign substance added to a matrix to improve or modify its properties.

A relatively inert material added to a plastic mixture to reduce cost, to modify mechanical properties, to provide thixotropy, to serve as a base for color effects or to improve the surface texture.

A material such as china clay which is added to make paper smoother and increase opacity.

material added to another material e.g. polymer, paper, rubber, to increase the strengths or decrease the price of the product

An additive in a PVC compound to both reduce costs and add performance properties (impact strength, less sticking to metal surfaces, increased stiffness). The most common are Calcium carbonate, dolomite, kaolin and chalk. Even glass spheres and glass fibre are used as fillers.

The inorganic materials added to foam to increase foam density.

finely divided nonreactive solid ingredient for compounds; these range from having substantial effects in improving some rubber properties (a reinforcing filler) to acting primarily to dilute the polymer and reduce cost (then termed an inert filler)

a relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics.

A compound added to a plastic resin to increase its volume without significantly affecting its properties. Usually done to reduce the cost of the material, or to reduce the exotherm of the material, as the filler acts as a heat sink.

A fine material, the majority of which passes a 0.075mm sieve, derived from aggregate or other similar granular material and commonly used in slurry sealing and asphalt.

Extender, bulking agent, or inert pigment.

a relatively inert material used as the discontinuous phase of a polymer composite.

Minerals, such as clay and other white pigments added to the pulp furnish in the beater to increase opacity and smoothness of the paper, improve ink receptivity and enhance sheet formation. However, too much filler can decrease the strength of paper and result in dusting.

Inert pigment added to paint to increase its bulk; also called extender.

A non-adhesive substance added to an adhesive to improve its working properties, permanence, strength and other qualities.

Any substance, such as talc, mica, or various powders, which may be added to a grease to make it heavier in weight or consistency, but which serves no useful function in making the grease a better lubricant. (Editor's note: Such filler may also be added to certain lubricating oils or other lubricants).

Materials like clay, added to pulp before it is formed into paper to improve the paper's smoothness, brightness and printability.

material (usually low cost) added to a resin to extend it, or give special properties

a relatively inert material added to a plastic to modify its strength, performance, working properties, or other qualities or to lower costs.

Finely ground material added to a sealant or adhesive to change or improve certain properties.

An inert substance used in to add mass to a tablet, softgel, or capsule.

A particulate solid material added to a resin-curing agent system to change properties and/or to lower cost.

fine ground limestone or dolomite stone. Used as a filler in asphalt, plastics, paint and paper, for example.

A solid inert material added to a synthetic resin or rubber, either to change its physical properties or simply to dilute it for economy.

A relatively inert substance added to a material to alter its physical, mechanical, thermal, electrical, and other properties, or to lower coast or density. Fillers Fillers

An inert material added to a polyurethane reaction mixture. Fillers are usually solid, particulate materials such as glass, silica or barytes.

(1) A material used in multi conductor cables to occupy large interstices formed by the assembled conductors. (2) An inert substance added to a compound to improve properties or decrease cost.

Pigment, added to paper making stock to improve properties such as opacity and smoothness, and often to reduce cost.

A material, such as carbon black, clay, calcium carbonate, and silica, which is used to change the properties of an elastomer. The purpose could be for reinforcement, processing, or reduction of cost.

A substance, often inert, added to a system to improve properties and/or decrease cost.

A cheap, inert substance added to a plastic to make it less costly. Fillers may also improve physical properties, particularly hardness, stiffness, and impact strength. The particles are usually small, in contrast to those of reinforcements, but there is some overlap between the functions of the two.

an inert substance added to a resin to modify its physical properties.

1. Matter added to something to increase bulk or improve consistency, such as fiberglass might be added to wallboard for fire resistance. 2. A small joist resting on a girder. 3. A preparation used to fill in the cracks or grains before painting or varnishing or as the joint compound used with sheetrock.

Any compounding material, usually in powder form, added to rubber in a substantial volume to improve quality or lower cost. The most important reinforcing filler is carbon black. The most important inert filler, diluent or extender is whiting.

The material used for blocking out. Also a material added to an ink to increase opacity. Much cheaper than pigment. Normally this is chalk or china clay.

A chemical such as china clay or starch, added to paper and cloth to bulk it out. When added to paper it also makes it whiter and more receptive to high polishing for fine printing. See also filling in.

Solid constituent, usually inert, added to the matrix to modify the material properties - such as increasing viscosity, improving appearance or lowering density - or to lowering cost. The particles are usually small, in contrast to those of reinforcements, but there is some overlap between the functions of the two. Example of fillers : Calcium Carbonate, Talc, mica, Wallastonite, Kaolin glass beads. Syn. Reinforcer, Extender For more information, Visit our Precipitated Calcium Carbonate Center.

A finely divided material used to reinforce or modify elastomer physical properties, impart certain processing properties, or reduce cost. Typical examples are carbon black, clays, calcium carbonates and silicas.

An inert material added to a formulated system to improve properties and/or decrease cost.

In media, filler is material that is added to pad out other, more relevant material.

the individual tobacco used in the body of the cigar. A fine cigar usually contains between two to five different types of filler. Handmade cigars have long fillers where machine made cigars usually contain smaller-cut leaf.

The cigar leaf that is rolled and blended to provide the bulk of the cigar.

The cigar's core made of tobaccos leaves.

the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar

One of the three major components of a cigar. Filler is the individual tobacco leaves used in the body of the cigar.

The tobacco that makes up the center of the cigar. There are two main types of filler, short and long.

The blend of tobacco in the center of the cigar surrounded by the binder and then the wrapper. The heart of a cigar's flavor.

The bunch of tobacco found at the center of the cigar. There are two types of filler: long filler, which contains the whole leaf running from the head to the foot of the cigar, and short filler, comprised of scraps of tobacco (often the trimmed ends of long fillers).

Blended, cut and flavored tobacco ready for cigarette manufacture. Also a neutral tobacco used in cigarette production for filling capacity rather than flavor.

The leaves of tobacco at the core of the cigar that provide a significant portion of its taste.

Material which fills cracks or nail holes in a floor. It is tinted the color of the floor. The bottom picture of the hand filling the wood.

Used to advance the final build and smoothness of the finish. Filler may be neutral or a contrasting color to accent the pores. The use of filler alone may not completely fill all pores and is generally limited to horizontal surfaces of ring-porous woods such as elm, oak and ash. Close Grain species such as cherry, maple, birch and poplar seldom require filler. Few vertical surfaces benefit from the added labor of a filled finish.

A substance used to fill holes, voids, or areas of open joints. Typically a wood flour, often tinted to match surrounding wood color. Also used to describe a substance applied to the entire surface of wood during the finishing process, to reduce the porosity of the surface.

used for filling cracks or holes in a surface

link A substance that is used the fill pores and irregularities on the surface of material to decrease the porosity before applying a finishing coat.

In finishing, is used to close the pores of wood. Often used for species with open grain such as oak and mahogany.

A very heavy bodied, slow drying pigmented binder used to fill in grain and create a flat, smooth surface to topcoat. A finish material used to fill the pore. It gives the wood a smooth or full-fill texture. Associated with the look of high quality finish systems.

A high-solids finishing material used to fill small voids or pits in panel surfaces and edges.

Wood putty/dough filler is used to patch holes and pores to create a smooth, consistent surface. These fillers are available in various colors to match different types of wood.

A pastelike compound used to hide surface imperfections in wood. One type, pore filler, levels the surface of wood that has a coarse grain. Home Improvement Encyclopedia

A powder mixed with water or a ready-mix compound that is primarily used to fill large cracks in walls. It dries hard and can be sanded and painted, but does not tolerate much movement in the substrate.

(a) A material of little or no plasticity which helps to promote drying and control shrinkage in clay bodies, such as grog, sand or whiting. (b) A non-plastic addition to a clay to change the fired state for reasons of porosity, glaze fit or whiteness (flint, quartz, feldspar, whiting and calcined china clay.)

In woodworking, any substance used to fill the holes and irregularities in planed or sanded surfaces to decrease the porosity of the surface before applying finish coatings.

Used to fill imperfections and level the surface.

A composition used for filling fine cracks and pores to make the surface smooth before paint is applied.

A material, usually containing considerable quantities of pigment, used to build up or fill depressions and imperfections on the surface.

A Product used to fill the pores of wood before applying prime or finish coat.

A heavily pigmented preparation used for fining and leveling off the pores in open-pored woods

Short informational stories or advertisements, usually timeless, used to fill small spaces where needed.

A small story or graphic element used to fill space on a page.

copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper

an episode that has very very little or nothing to do with the show's original story

a part that does not follow along with the main story line

a short item used to fill a

a story the paper runs because they have to fill in a space

Short term, usually 500 words or less. Used to fill space in print media between editorials and advertisements.

Short news stories or tidbits used to fill space.

Short editorial item to fill an otherwise blank space.

a short item: two or three paragraphs that can be used to fill up space. Many writers suggest breaking in with this type of item.

A short article of 200 words or less that does exactly what its name implies--it fills a space. Depending on the publication, fillers can range from news stories that don't merit feature treatment to humor pieces, anecdotes, puzzles, jokes, and poems. These articles are usually written in third person and represent one of the best opportunities for a new writer to break into a publication.

Short news or information items used to fill small spaced in the news columns

A short piece of interesting but minor or untimely material that the print media can use to either fill space or to provide community interest information.

A copy with little news value; used to fill space.

The middle layer of a quilt, usually a fluffy layer of cotton, wool, or polyester, which makes a quilt warm and gives it a characteristic puffy look and feel.

extra material used to complete a column or page, usually of little importance.

An inactive ingredient (one that has no medicinal effect on the body, such as lactose or starch) that is used to provide consistency and uniformity in the size and weight of a pill or tablet.