Method of surface sizing paper comprising surface sizing paper with 2-oxetanone ketene multimer sizing agent
AssigneeHercules Incorporated
InventorsClement L. Brungardt, Richard J. Riehle, Jian Jian Zhang
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Abstract
A sizing agent for paper that is a 2-oxetanone ketene multimer which is not solid at 35.degree. C., particularly a multimer mixture in which at least 25 weight percent of the hydrocarbon substituents contain irregularities such as branched alkyl groups or linear or branched alkenyl groups. Paper surface sized with the 2-oxetanone ketene multimer sizing agent and the method of surface sizing paper are also disclosed.
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A method of sizing paper which comprises surface sizing paper with a sizing agent that is a 2-oxetanone ketene multimer that is not solid at a temperature of 35.degree. C.
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