Puzzling Aspects of the Hydrophobic Sizing of Paper and its Inter-Fiber Bonding Ability
Internal sizing agents make it possible to prepare water-resistant paper from an aqueous suspension comprising water-loving fibers and an emulsified hydrophobic agent. Why doesn’t the hydrophobic treatment get in the way of inter-fiber bonding? The answer appears to involve the order in which nano-s...
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North Carolina State University
2014-08-01
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_09_4_5782_Hubbe_Editorial_Hydrophobic_Sizing_Paper |