Abstract:
DEWATERING OF AQUEOUS CELLULOSE FIBER SUSPENSION IN THE FORMATION OF PAPER IS IMPROVED BY ADDING TO THE SUSPENSION FROM 0.05 TO 4% OF A WATER SOLUBLE POLYMER CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF UNITS DERIVED FROM N-VINYL-N-METHYLFORMAMIDE, SUCH AS N-VINYL-N-METHYL FORMAMIDE, HAVING 60-100% OF THE FORMIC ACID RADICALS OF THE POLYMER SPLIT OFF BY ACID HYDROLYSIS.