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Fine cellulose particles and process for production thereof employing coagulated viscose
Assignee: KANEBO Ltd 17-4 SUMIDA 5-CHOME SUMIDA-KU TOKYO JAPAN A CORP OF JAPAN
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Filing: 1987-10-13
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Granted: 1990-08-07
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Expires: 2007-10-13
Abstract
Abstract Fine crosslinked cellulose particles, wherein (1) said cellulose particles are composed substantially of a II-type cellulose crystalline phase and a non-crystalline cellulose phase, (2) said cellulose particles have a crystallinity, determined by X-ray diffractometry, of 5 to 35%, (3) said cellulose particles consist substantially of spherical to elongated spherical particles having an average particle diameter of not more than 300 μm, and (4) said cellulose particles having an exclusion limit molecular weight by polyethylene glycol of not more than 4,000. The particles may have crosslinkage among the cellulose molecular chains in the non-crystalline phase. The fine crosslinked cellulose particles are prepared by (1) preparing fine particles of a coagulated viscose of cellulose xanthate, (2) subjecting the fine particles of coagulated viscose to crosslinking reaction and then neutralizing them with an acid, or first neutralizing said fine particles with an acid and then subjecting the neutralized particles to crosslinking reaction, and (3) separating the resulting fine crosslinked cellulose particles from the mother liquor, and heat-treating them after optionally subjecting them to desulfurization or to washing with an acid, water or methanol.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeru Okuma
- 👤 Kanji Yamagishi
- 👤 Masami Hara
- 👤 Keizo Suzuki
- 👤 Toshihiro Yamamoto
- 👤 Hideo Yoshidome
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 03:12
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J3/00; C08J3/12; C08J3/16; C08B; C08B15/00; C08B15/10; C08J2301/00; C08J2301/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
Fine crosslinked cellulose particles, wherein (a) said cellulose particles are composed substantially of a regenerated cellulose crystalline phase and a non-crystalline cellulose phase, (b) crosslinkage exists among the cellulose molecular chains in the non-crystalline phase, (c) said cellulose particles have a crystallinity, determined by X-ray diffractometry, of 5 to 35%, (d) said cellulose particles consist substantially of spherical to elongated spherical particles having an average particle diameter of not more than 300 μm, (e) said cellulose particles have an exclusion limit molecular weight by polyethylene glycol of not more than 4,000, and (f) said cellulose particles have a fractionation index (F) of at least 0.85, wherein fractionation index (F) is defined by the following formula ##EQU5## wherein V o is the elution volume (ml) of blue dextran having a molecular weight of 2 million eluted, and V E is the elution volume (ml) of ethylene glycol eluted.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
Fine crosslinked cellulose particles, wherein (a) said cellulose particles are composed substantially of a regenerated cellulose crystalline phase and a non-crystalline cellulose phase, (b) crosslinkage exists among the cellulose molecular chains in the non-crystalline phase, (c) said cellulose particles have a crystallinity, determined by X-ray diffractometry, of 5 to 35%, (d) said cellulose particles consist substantially of spherical to elongated spherical particles having an average particle diameter of not more than 300 μm, (e) said cellulose particles have an exclusion limit molecular weight by polyethylene glycol of not more than 4,000, and (f) said cellulose particles have a fractionation index (F) of at least 0.85, wherein fractionation index (F) is defined by the following formula ##EQU5## wherein V o is the elution volume (ml) of blue dextran having a molecular weight of 2 million eluted, and V E is the elution volume (ml) of ethylene glycol eluted.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 wherein the crosslinkages among the molecular chains consist of hydroxyl-substituted alkylene groups, or hydroxyl-substituted and oxygen-interrupted alkylene groups, which bond the hydroxyl groups of the cellulose molecules to one another.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 wherein in their infrared absorption spectrum determined by the KBr tablet method, the absorbance of an absorption peak assigned to CH stretching vibration is 0.065 to 0.156 mg -1 .cm -2 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 wherein in their infrared absorption spectrum determined by the KBr tablet method, the absorbance of an absorption peak assigned to CH stretching vibration is 0.094 to 0.140 mg -1 .cm -2 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 which have a crystallinity of 7 to 35%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 which consist substantially of spherical to elongated spherical particles having an average particle diameter of 4 to 150μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 which consist substantially of spherical to elongated spherical particles having an average particle diameter of not more than 20μm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 6 wherein the shape of a projected view taken of each elongated spherical particle is an ellipse, an elongated circle, a peanut-shape, or an oval shape.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 which have an exclusion limit molecular weight of not more than 3,000.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 which have an exclusion limit molecular weight of not more than 2,000.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 wherein the cellulose has a degree of polymerization of 100 to 700.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 wherein the fractionation index (F) is not higher than 2.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 1 which have a pressure resistance in the wet state of at least 5 kg/cm 2 .
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The fine crosslinked cellulose particles of claim 13 wherein the pressure resistance is at least 10 kg/cm 2 .
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