Bki Holding Corporation

Buckeye Technologies Inc.

Georgia-pacific Nonwovens LLC

Gp Cellulose Gmbh

David Jay Smith

Howard Leon Schoggen

Jeffery Todd Cook

Sonja McNeil Fields

Robert Irvin Bell

Gerald Hunt Morton

Jacek K Dutkiewicz

Ronald Timothy Moose

Stephen Skirius

Lynn Hung Rushing

Monika Rom

Michael Kalmon

Ryszard Fryczkowski

Byron Jerry Lee Huff

Beata Fryczkowska

Jeffrey Todd Cook

Stephen A Skirius

The present invention is directed to an absorbent material and the fibers therein, having two or more layers including an upper surface layer which has on the outer surface of the layer one or more surface area zones which are more wettable zones and adjacent thereto one or more less wettable zones, where the more wettable zones have a greater hydrophilicity than the less wettable zone. The present invention is also directed to the fibers therein, which contain polyvalent cation-containing compounds and fatty acid containing compounds. The present invention also provides for methods of treating fibers or solid materials and processes of producing the hydrophobic materials.

Fibers of variable wettability and materials containing the fibers

The present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced cement based or cementitious material, and process for making, where the reinforcing fiber is a chemically treated cellulose or non-cellulose fiber. The fiber reinforced cementitious material includes (i) cement, (ii) optionally, sand, aggregate, or sand and aggregate, and (iii) chemically treated fibers having a polyvalent cation content of from about 0.1 weight percent to about 5.0 weight percent based on the dry weight of the treated fibers. The present invention further provides for a fiber reinforced cementitious material having a weak acid content of from about 0.5 weight percent to about 10 weight percent based on the dry weight of the treated fibers.

Cementitious material reinforced with chemically treated cellulose fiber

Disclosed are absorbent structures including fibers bound with a polyvalent cation-containing compound and superabsorbent polymer particles. The fibers exhibit an ion extraction factor of at least 5%. Also disclosed are multi-strata absorbent structures, such as disposable absorbent articles, including the treated fibers and SAP particles. Further disclosed are methods for preparing absorbent structures including the treated fibers; structures including fibers combined with a polyvalent cation-containing compound; and methods for treating or coating SAP particles with polyvalent cation-containing compounds.

Absorbent structures of chemically treated cellulose fibers

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