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Mica and vermiculite paper and its preparation

US5126013A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 1991
Grant dateJun 30, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21H23/765
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Mineral paper is provided which comprises a wet-laid sheet of 1) fibers, 2) a floc of a silicate selected from the group consisting of mica and vermiculite, the said floc having a cationic polymeric flocculant having a molecular weight in the range of from about 10,000 to about 1,000,000, and 3) a non-ionic polymeric flocculant having a molecular weight of from about 2,000,000 to about 10,000,000. A process is described herein for the preparation of the paper using the two flocculants by first flocculating with the cationic polymeric flocculant and then flocculating in another step with the non-ionic polymeric flocculant to obtain an easily drained flocculated mixture which is dewatered to obtain the mineral paper.

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