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US 2018/0023253 A1Published application
A method for producing interpenetrating polymer network material, a product thereof and use of the product
AssigneeKemira Oyj
InventorsRosa Carceller, Tom Lundin, Matti Hietaniemi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) material comprising microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), microfib-rillated cellulose (MFC) or a mixture thereof, and at least one polymer forming an IPN together with the MCC, MFC or mixture thereof. The present invention further relates to a process for producing the IPN material, and to use of the IPN material in paper industry.
Claims20
A process for producing an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) material comprising
- i) providing an aqueous solution comprising microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) or a mixture thereof and at least one monomer;
- ii) polymerizing in situ the at least one monomer to form IPN together with the MCC, MFC or mixture thereof;
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- iii) obtaining the IPN material.
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An interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) material comprising
- microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) or a mixture thereof;
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- at least one polymer forming the IPN together with the MCC, MFC or a mixture thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.