Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Manfred Hoffmann

Bruno Sander

Heinz Berbner

Eckhard Bonitz

Aqueous suspensions of polyolefin fibrids are prepared. To avoid foam formation and improve fiber-bonding, small amounts of anionic agents are added to the suspensions. The suspensions are suitable for the manufacture of paper-like or textile-like web structures distinguished by very good fiber bonding and good initial wet strength.

Production of non-foaming aqueous suspensions of polyethylene or

Aqueous suspensions of polyolefin fibrids are prepared. To avoid foam formation and improve fiberbonding, small amounts of anionic agents are added to the suspensions. The suspensions are suitable for the manufacture of paper-like or textile-like web structures distinguished by very good fiber bonding and good initial wet strength.

A process for the manufacture of nonfoaming aqueous suspensions of polyolefin fibrids using suitable dispersing agents. These are obtained by polycondensation of 1 mole of melamine, from 1.8 to 3 moles of formaldehyde and from 0.1 to 0.5 molar portions of amino carboxylic acids or alkali metal salts thereof. Very small quantities of said dispersing agents are sufficient to finely disperse the hydrophobic polyolefin fibrids in water and to prevent the formation of foam in the manufacture of web structures of a paper-like and textile-like nature. The aqueous suspensions of polyolefin fibrids may also contain cellulose fibers.

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Ludwigshafen, Germany

Manfred Hoffmann