Abstract:
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solutions are reduced in viscosity in a predictable manner by reacting solutions of commercially available PVA with small amounts of hydrogen peroxide at high temperature in the presence of a metallic ion catalyst. The viscosity reductions may be carried out using either a batch process or with a continuous cooking process, to produce film forming solutions of PVA having practical application in the paper industry as either a high speed surface or a coating binder.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GELATINIZING STARCH AND INITIATING GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION BETWEEN A POLYMERIZABLE ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMER AND STARCH WHICH INCLUDES FORMING AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF STARCH, MONOMER, AND A PEROXIDIC FREE-RADICAL INITIATOR, AND HEATING THE DISPERSION TO SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY GELATINIZE THE STARCH AND INITIATE A GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION REACTION BETWEEN THE MONOMER AND STARCH.