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US 6,855,198 B2Granted
Hydroxyethyl starch composition and use in paper products
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsKevin R. Anderson, David E. Garlie
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Abstract
A hydroxyethyl starch composition including dent corn starch and waxy corn starch wherein a portion of at least one, and preferably both, of the dent corn starch and the waxy corn starch are hydroxyethyl starch. Also disclosed are paper products comprising a fibrous web having applied thereon the starch compositions.
Claims12
A starch composition comprising:
- from about 1 to about 99 weight percent dent corn starch based upon total starch weight and from about 1 to about 99 weight percent waxy corn starch based upon total starch weight,
- wherein a portion of at least one of the dent corn starch and the waxy corn starch is a hydroxyethyl starch.
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