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US 8,137,503 B2Granted
Stripping liquid for use in separating paper from plaster/paper laminate
AssigneeTokuyama Corporation
InventorsShingo Hiranaka, Genji Taga
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AssigneeTokuyama Corporation
InventorsShingo Hiranaka, Genji Taga
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A stripping liquid of the present invention is used for separating the paper from a plaster/paper laminate such as waste plasterboard, and comprises an aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt or an ammonium salt of carboxylic acid. The stripping liquid is fed onto the surface (paper surface) of the plaster/paper laminate so as to infiltrate into the bonding surface between the plaster and the paper, so that the carboxylate is made present on the bonding surface. Upon stripping off the paper in the presence of the carboxylate, it is allowed to entirely separate the paper from the plaster. Upon mixing the stripping liquid and a nonionic surfactant or a water-soluble organic solvent together, further, the stripping liquid can be quickly and reliably infiltrated into the bonding surface between the plaster and the paper.
A method of separating the paper from a Gypsum substrate/paper laminate by stripping the paper off the Gypsum substrate under a condition where an alkali metal salt or an ammonium salt of carboxylic acid is made present in the bonding surface between the paper and the Gypsum substrate of the Gypsum substrate/paper laminate, wherein the carboxylic acid that forms an alkali metal salt or an ammonium salt is a malonic acid, a malic acid, a tartaric acid or a citric acid.
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