Abstract:
TRANSPARENT CELLULOSIC FILM HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CENTER PORTION COMPRISING REGERNATED CELLULOSE AND INTEGRALLY FORMED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING EDGE PORTIONS COMPRISING HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE (HEC) IS PRODUCED BY EXTRUDING A VISCOSE CASTING SOLUTION THROUGH THE CENTER PORTION OF THE FILM EXTRUSION SLIT OF A VISCOSE CASTING HOPPER WHILE CONCURRENTLY EXTRUDING AN HEC CASTING SOLUTION THROUGH THE IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID FILM EXTRUSION SLIT, SAID SOLUTIONS BEING EXTRUDED INTO A CONVENTIONAL ACIDIC REGENERATION BATH TO FORM THE AFORESAID MULTI-COMPONENT FILM OF REGENERATED CELLULOSIC MATERIAL.
Abstract:
When hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) films are treated with a solution of a hydrophobic film former such as polyvinylidene chloride copolymers or nitrocellulose in a volatile solvent to produce a heat sealable coating on the surface of the film, the adhesion between the HEC and the hydrophobic film former is improved by passing the HEC gel film through a conditioning bath containing from about 0.3 to 2.0 percent by weight (based on total bath weight) of a water soluble block copolymer of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene prior to drying the film and applying hydrophobic film former solution thereto.
Abstract:
A unique chemical grouting composition is provided for injection stabilization of earth, sand and other porous, particulate formations or agglomerates or solids. The composition produces grouted structures of excellent strength and durability and has a wide range of uses in a system comprising sequential formulation and subsequent injection of on-site-formed aqueous solutions of (a) base materials comprising vegetative polyphenolic material derived from coniferous bark or a tannin of the catechin or condensed type and of (b) catalyst mixtures comprising a water soluble alkali metal silicate, formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde, and sufficient acid to establish the catalyst solution pH at 0.5 to 6.0 and preferably 3-5. Optional modification materials such as asphalt, clay, or a hydraulic cement, or fibrous material such as asbestos, may be included.