Chemistry of Modern Papermaking (Paperback)

IntroductionAcknowledgmentsReferencesFrom Wood to Paper: A General View of the Papermaking ProcessFrom the Papyrus Era to Modern Times: A Brief History of Making PaperPulp: The Support for Paper ChemicalsPaper Structure and Composition.The Chemistry of Poly-CarbohydratesSynthetic Polymers: Everywhere in Papermaking ProcessPaper Testing: A Difficult TaskReferencesThe Fate of Paper Chemicals at the Wet EndFriends and Foes at the Wet EndPolymers in Heterogeneous SystemsRetention AidsReferencesTemporary Wet-Strength ResinsA Look at the Paper Wet-Strength ConceptThe Synthesis of Temporary Wet-Strength Resins: General ChemistryThe Synthesis of PolyacrylamidePolyaldehyde Copolymers from PolyacrylamidePaper Wet Strength and Its DecayReferencesWet-Strength ResinsPrepolymer SynthesisIonic Charge AdditionPolyamidoamine Epichlorohydrin Polymers as Wet-Strength ResinsWSR Made from BlendsPaper Wet-Strengthening MechanismsPaper RepulpabilityReferences.Dry-Strength ResinsInvolvement of Chemicals in the Dry Strength Mechanism of PaperAnionic Dry-Strength AdditivesCationic Dry-Strength AdditivesAmphoteric Dry-Strength ResinsBlends of Anionic and Cationic ResinsReferences.Internal Sizing AgentsThe Chemistry of Alum in the Papermaking ProcessesRosin is Back on the Cellulose FibersReactive Internal Size (1): Alkyl Ketene Dimer.Reactive Internal Size (2): Akenyl Succinic Anhydride.Other Chemical Compounds Able to Fit the General Concept for an Internal Sizing AgentReferencesCreping Adhesives and SoftenersCreping AdhesivesComposition of Creping AdhesivesDebonders/SoftenersReferencesChemicals for the Treatment of Paper SurfaceSurface Sizing AgentsSurface Strength AgentsPorosity BuildersPolymers in Paper CoatingsReferencesIndex