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Composition for enhancing the pulping of wood chips

US5298120A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1992
Grant dateMar 29, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 9, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S516/06
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A novel composition for use in a process for cooking wood to form pulp and processes for using same are provided. The composition and variations thereof are useful in enhancing the uniformity of wood cooking and reducing the rejects in a pulping process for the production of pulp. The composition comprises esters of block copolymers having the general formula ##STR1## wherein x, y, and z each have a value of at least one.

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