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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon Cheng I. Chen, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Gary Peter Richardson, Bradford, GB;
Assignee:
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd., Bradford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 2/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 2/110 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention a process is provided for making paper or paper board comprising forming a cellulosic suspension, flocculating the suspension, draining the suspension on a screen to form a sheet and then drying the sheet, characterised in that the suspension is flocculated using a flocculation system comprising a siliceous material and organic microparticies which have an unswollen particle diameter of less than 750 nanometers.