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Reduced formaldehyde nonwoven binders which contain polymerized units of N-methylolacrylamide

US6787594B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2000
Grant dateSep 7, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04H1/64
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is the use of a glycolic acid adduct of sodium sulfite as the reducing agent in the redox couple for polymerization of vinyl acetate polymer based emulsions for nonwoven binders which contain formaldehyde, primarily from the self-crosslinking co-monomer N-methylolacrylamide.

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