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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1981
E Daniel Hubbard, West Liberty, IA (US);
Richard D Harvey, Muscatine, IA (US);
Grain Processing Corporation, Muscatine, IA (US);
Abstract
A process whereby a gelatinized starch having a cationic reagent chemically bound to the starch backbone and a reduced viscosity is prepared by (1) gelatinizing starch and substantially simultaneous with gelatinization reacting said treated starch with an alkyl or alkenyl amine and a water soluble oxidant or (2) simultaneously reacting an alkyl or alkenyl amine and a water soluble oxidant with a gelatinized starch. The process is conducive to the on-site preparation of a thinned cationic starch derivative which can be utilized without additional treatment as a papermaking additive, textile size, waste water treatment, tailing flocculent, etc.