A method of modifying cellulose fibres and/or cellulose fabric
AssigneeUEA Enterprises Limited
InventorsGeorge Richard STEPHENSON, Lloyd Henry SAYER, Adam James WRIGHT
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Abstract
A method of modifying one or more cellulose fibres and/or cellulosic fabric, wherein the method comprises: (a) providing an aqueous solution comprising at least one hydrocarbon acid and at least one acid catalyst and/or at least one emulsifier; (b) treating one or more cellulose fibres and/or cellulosic fabric with the aqueous solution provided in step (a) to couple the one or more cellulose fibers and/or cellulosic fabric with the at least one hydrocarbon acid.
Claims17
A method of modifying one or more cellulose fibres and/or cellulosic fabric, wherein the method comprises:
- (a) providing an aqueous solution comprising at least one hydrocarbon acid and at least one acid catalyst and/or at least one emulsifier;
- (b) treating one or more cellulose fibres and/or cellulosic fabric with the aqueous solution provided in step (a) to couple the one or more cellulose fibers and/or cellulosic fabric with the at least one hydrocarbon acid.
The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one acid catalyst comprises oxalic acid.
Use of an aqueous solution comprising at least one hydrocarbon acid and at least one acid catalyst and/or at least one emulsifier for the modification of one or more cellulosic fibres and/or cellulosic fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.