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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Borregaard As, Sarpsborg, NO;
Synnøve Holtan, Sarpsborg, NO;
Marianne Rosenberg Read, Sarpsborg, NO;
Hans Henrik Øvrebø, Sarpsborg, NO;
Inger Mari Nygård Vold, Sarpsborg, NO;
Borregaard AS, Sarpsborg, NO;
Abstract
The present invention relates to microfibrillated cellulose ('MFC'), in particular to microfibrillated cellulose, which is morphologically different from conventional MFC known in the art and/or which provides improved water retention properties and/or improved rheological properties, in particular increased zero shear viscosity, η, (also known as: 'viscosity at rest', i.e. viscosity in the absence of shear forces), in solution, in particular in polyethylene glycol (PEG) as solvent, vis-a-vis conventional MFC as known in the art.