Modification of papermaking grade fillers: A brief review

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Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1190-1209

  Shen, Jing ^a   Song, Zhanqian ^b   Qian, Xueren ^a   Liu, Wenxia ^c  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Acid tolerant properties; Fiber filler bonding; Filler modification; Filler retention; Fillers; High filler technology; Papermaking; Sizability

Indexed keywords

ACID PAPERMAKING; CALCIUM CARBONATE FILLERS; DISPERSABILITY; ENERGY SAVING; FILLER ABRASIVENESS; FILLER LOADING; FILLER RETENTION; FUNCTIONAL PAPER; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH FILLER; HIGH FILLER TECHNOLOGY; HYDROPHOBIC MODIFICATION; INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY; NANO-STRUCTURING; PAPER PROPERTIES; PAPER STRENGTHS; PAPERMAKING GRADE FILLER; PAPERMAKING INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL MODIFICATIONS; POLYMER LATICES; SIZABILITY; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

BIOPOLYMERS; CALCINATION; CALCIUM; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PAPER; PAPERMAKING; POLYMERS; SIZING (FINISHING OPERATION); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TECHNOLOGY;

FILLERS;

BONDING; CALCINATION; CALCIUM; CATIONIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FILLERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PAPER MAKING; POLYMERS; SIZING; SURFACTANTS;

EID: 68649113525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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