NOVEL STARCH SOLUTION PREPARED FROM THE STARCH IN NAOH/THIOUREA/UREA AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND ITS APPLICATION AS SURFACE SIZING AGENT

Novel starch solutions were prepared by dissolving starch in NaOH/ thiourea/ urea aqueous solution, and they were further used as a surface sizing agent at high solids content in papermaking to improve the surface strength of papers. Two methods were adopted to dissolve the starch. In method A dry s...

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Main Authors: Xu-Qing Wang, Xiao-Fan Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2011-04-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/viewFile/BioRes_06_2_1926_Wang_Z_Novel_Starch_Solution_Thiourea_Size_Press/973