Fibrous structures, for example sanitary tissue products, containing a plurality of filaments that employ one or more filament-forming materials, such as one or more hydroxyl polymers, and one or more hueing agents, present within the filaments such that the fibrous structures exhibit a Whiteness Index of greater than 72 as measured according to the Whiteness Index Test Method described herein.

A method and a mineral wool product include a multiple of lamellae, such as a sandwich panel core. The product includes a plurality of lamellae cut from a mineral wool web, and bonded together by applying an adhesive on the surfaces of two adjacent lamellae to form a web-like product, wherein the adhesive comprises at least one hydrocolloid.

An object is to provide an acid-type carboxymethylated cellulose nanofiber in which the viscosity is not excessively high at the time of preparing a dispersion liquid and the introduced carboxymethyl group is desalted to convert the acid type, and the acid-type carboxymethylated cellulose nanofiber has 0.01 to 0.50 of the degree of substitution with carboxymethyl group per glucose unit, wherein the B-type viscosity in an aqueous dispersion with a concentration of 0.95 to 1.05% by mass is 1000 mPa.Math.s or more under the condition of 60 rpm and 20° C., and 7000 mPa.Math.s or more under the condition of 6 rpm and 20° C.

Carboxymethylated cellulose nanofibers in which the cellulose type I crystallinity is 60% or higher, the aspect ratio is 350 or lower, and the transmittance of light having a wavelength of 660 nm when the carboxymethylated cellulose nanofibers are made into an aqueous dispersion having a solids fraction of 1% (w/v) is 60% or higher.

The present invention aims to provide an aqueous adhesive which has both good moldability and strong adhesive force to the skin, and provides good feeling when used. The present invention can provide an adhesive with good shape retention performance by formulating two or more aqueous macromolecules, polyhydric alcohols, aqueous and insoluble cross-linking agents.

The present invention aims to provide an aqueous adhesive which has both good moldability and strong adhesive force to the skin, and provides good feeling when used. The present invention can provide an adhesive with good shape retention performance by formulating two or more aqueous macromolecules, polyhydric alcohols, aqueous and insoluble cross-linking agents.

A method of producing a carbon nanotube aqueous dispersion having satisfactory dispersibility. The method of producing a carbon nanotube aqueous dispersion includes: preparing mixed liquids by mixing carbon nanotubes, carboxymethyl cellulose and water; and dispersing the carbon nanotubes contained in the mixed liquids by an aqueous counter collision method, wherein a ratio of a mass of the carboxymethyl cellulose to a mass of the carbon nanotubes in the mixed liquids is 1/7 or more.

A punctum plug or lacrimal insert is constructed of a monolithic material, such that the punctum plug is configured to turn approximately 90 degrees upon insertion into a canaliculus of an eye. The punctum plug or lacrimal insert may include high-molecular-weight polysaccharide and added plasticizers.

The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive process(es), procedure(s), method(s), product(s), result(s), and/or concept(s) (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s)”) relates generally to the composition of a binder for use in battery electrodes and methods of preparing such. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a binder composition containing an ionizable water soluble polymer and a redispersible powder containing a latex, a protective colloid, and an anticaking agent for use in the production and manufacture of electrodes of a lithium ion battery. Additionally, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the compositions and methods of making electrodes, both anodes and cathodes, with a binder composition containing an ionizable water soluble polymer and a redispersible powder.

The present invention relates generally to compositions comprising polyelectrolytes complexes (PECs) of anionic and cationic biopolymers capable of forming barriers on fiber based materials. Also disclosed is a fibre based material with a barrier coating against oil and water, wherein the material is provided with a barrier from at least two layers formed from at least one composition comprising a polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) of a cationic biopolymer and an anionic biopolymer, The two layers result in improvements in both oil resistance and water resistance compared to the same material provided with a single layer of said at least one composition.