Binder compositions and uses thereof

A process comprising:

• applying an aqueous composition comprising a carbohydrate compound, a first cross linker, and a second cross linker to fibrous or cellulosic particulate or sheet material to produce a resinated material, and
• subjecting the resinated material to conditions for radical polymerization of the second cross linker and the carbohydrate compound and for curing to allow for evaporation of excess water,
• wherein the first cross-linker is a monomeric polycarboxylic acid, and
• wherein the second cross-linker is selected from an acrylamide monomer, a methacrylamide monomer, an acrylate monomer, a methacrylate monomer, an acrylic acid and its salts, acrylonitrile, a carbohydrate monomer, maleimide, and mixtures thereof.