Britney Gallivan Britney Gallivan Britney Crystal Gallivan (born 1985) of Pomona, California, is best known for determining the maximum number of times that paper or other materials can be folded in half. In January 2002, while a junior in high school, Gallivan demonstrated that a single piece of toilet paper 4000 ft (1200 m) in length can be folded in half twelve times. This was contrary to the popular conception that the maximum number of times any piece of paper could be folded in half was seven. She calculated that, instead of folding in half every other direction, the least volume of
Weighing paper process repetitively, called super-calendering. Weighing paper can be folded into different shape depending on its uses. The weighing paper is provided in different sizes : 6in by 6in, 4in by 4in, and 3in by 3in. Weighing paper Weighing paper is often used when weighing solid, powdery substances on an analytical balance. By preventing the substance from being gunked up, it increases the precision of the measurement. The weighing paper is usually made through the process called calendering. First, a chemically manufactured paper pulp fiber is broken down and squeezed into the mold where it will dry into the sheet. Then,