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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1977
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1975
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Boston, MA (US);
John R Shattuck, Cumberland Foreside, ME (US);
The Plasmine Corporation, Portland, ME (US);
Abstract
Novel sizing compositions comprising an aqueous mixture of ammonia, an ammonium salt, and a rosin that is modified with from about 5 to 50 percent based on the weight of the rosin, of an organic acidic compound selected from the group consisting of an .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated organic acid, an anhydride thereof, and their mixtures. In one embodiment, the ammonia and ammonium salt are produced as the reaction product of urea and an acid selected from the group consisting of sulfamic acid, phosphoric acid, oxalic acid, methane-sulfonic acid, trichloracetic acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, stearic acid, and acetic acid. The method of making the sizing compositions and paper which is sized with the sizing compositions are also provided.