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Solubilization of nonionic surfactants useful in wood pulp deresination
Assignee: HELLER FINANCIAL Inc AS AGENT
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Filing: 1982-05-05
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Granted: 1984-01-17
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Expires: 2002-05-05
Abstract
Abstract A process for extracting resin from wood pulp by contacting the pulp at elevated temperature with an aqueous medium comprising between about 2 and 15 percent by weight sodium hydroxide and between about 0.2 and 1.0% weight of an ethylene oxide condensation product, and also comprising in specified proportion one or more substances selected from the group consisting of a C12 alpha-olefin sulfonate and a particular C21 dicarboxylic acid. The sulfonate and dicarboxylic acid substantially enhance solubilization of the condensation product deresination agent in the highly polar aqueous medium.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald L. Wood
- 👤 Judith E. Zweig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 07:25
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21C; D21C3/00; D21C3/22; D21C3/222; C; C09; C09K; C09K23/00; C09K23/42; D21C9/00; D21C9/08; D21C9/086; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S162/00; Y10S162/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
In a process for the manufacture of wood pulp which comprises treating a wood pulp by contact at elevated temperature with an aqueous medium containing between about 2 and 15 percent by weight sodium hydroxide and between about 0.2 and 1.0 percent by weight of an ethylene oxide condensation product deresination agent, the improvement which comprises incorporating into the aqueous medium a solubilizing agent which is a C 12 alpha-olefin sulfonate, with the provision that the weight ratio of said ethylene oxide condensation product in the aqueous medium to said solubilizing agent is between about 9 to 1 and about 1 to 1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
In a process for the manufacture of wood pulp which comprises treating a wood pulp by contact at elevated temperature with an aqueous medium containing between about 2 and 15 percent by weight sodium hydroxide and between about 0.2 and 1.0 percent by weight of an ethylene oxide condensation product deresination agent, the improvement which comprises incorporating into the aqueous medium a solubilizing agent which is a C 12 alpha-olefin sulfonate, with the provision that the weight ratio of said ethylene oxide condensation product in the aqueous medium to said solubilizing agent is between about 9 to 1 and about 1 to 1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the solubilizing agent is the sulfonate of substantially linear C 12 alpha-olefins.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1, or claim 2, wherein the aqueous medium contains at least about 5 percent by weight sodium hydroxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The process of claim 3, wherein the ethylene oxide condensation product is the product of the addition of an average of between about 8 and 14 moles of ethylene oxide to one mole of one or more alkanols in the C 9 to C 16 carbon number range.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 4, wherein the weight ratio of the ethylene oxide condensation product to the solubilizing agent is between about 4 to 1 and about 1.5 to 1.
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