Compositions comprising parenchymal cellulose particulate material
AssigneeCellucomp Limited
InventorsEric Whale, David Hepworth
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Abstract
The invention relates to a composition comprising a plant-derived cellulose particulate material comprising less than 30 wt % extractable glucose; and extractable xylose in an amount of at least 3% of the amount of extractable xylose in the starting plant material, and an agent selected from the group comprising natural ionic polymers or natural non-ionic polymers; synthetic water dispersible polymers, and/or associative thickeners, and its various uses, including as a drilling fluid.
Claims20
A composition comprising a plant-derived cellulose particulate material derived from a starting herbaceous plant material and comprising:
- less than 30 wt % extractable glucose and
- extractable xylose in an amount of 0.5 to 2.0 wt %;
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- an agent selected from the group consisting of natural ionic polymers or natural non-ionic polymers, synthetic water dispersible polymers, and associative thickeners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.