To provide a toilet paper that provides an excellent thick feeling, has excellent water-disintegrability, has sufficient softness, provides a security feeling to a human body during use, and is environmentally friendly.

The problem is solved by a 3-ply or 4-ply toilet paper, each ply having a basis weight of 10.5 to 12.5 g/m.sup.2, containing oxygen-pulped and non-chlorine-bleached softwood kraft pulp in an amount of 50 to 100% by mass of fibers, containing a cationic fatty acid amide-based softener, each ply having a paper thickness of 80 to 100 μm, having a paper thickness of 320 to 400 μm as the entire toilet paper, and having water-disintegrability of 10 seconds or less.

To provide a toilet paper that provides an excellent thick feeling, has excellent water-disintegrability, has sufficient softness, provides a security feeling to a human body during use, and is environmentally friendly.

The problem is solved by a 3-ply or 4-ply toilet paper, each ply having a basis weight of 10.5 to 12.5 g/m.sup.2, containing oxygen-pulped and non-chlorine-bleached softwood kraft pulp in an amount of 50 to 100% by mass of fibers, containing a cationic fatty acid amide-based softener, each ply having a paper thickness of 80 to 100 μm, having a paper thickness of 320 to 400 μm as the entire toilet paper, and having water-disintegrability of 10 seconds or less.

A composition for improving softness of tissue and/or towel products includes lignocellulosic fibers; water; and a hydrophobic softener that includes the reaction product of: (1) at least one di- and/or poly-amine, (2) at least one chain extender having at least two carboxyl groups; and (3) at least one hydrophobic end-capper. The reaction product comprises a hydrophobic substitution of at least about 25 mole percent of the hydrophobic end-capper based on a total number of moles of active amine sites of the reaction product. In addition, a method of improving softness of tissue and/or towel products includes combining the lignocellulosic fibers, the water, and the hydrophobic softener; and creating the tissue and/or towel products.

A glyoxylate starch may be formed by dispersing a starch in a liquid to form a starch slurry. The starch may be one or more of a cationic starch, nonionic starch, and an anionic starch. 2-chloracetamide is added to the starch slurry mixture to form a first reaction mixture. The temperature of the first reaction mixture may then be raised, and then cooled to form a modified starch, and glyoxal may be added to the modified starch solution to form a second reaction mixture that may then be stirred to produce a glyoxylate starch.

A glyoxylate starch may be formed by dispersing a starch in a liquid to form a starch slurry. The starch may be one or more of a cationic starch, nonionic starch, and an anionic starch. 2-chloracetamide is added to the starch slurry mixture to form a first reaction mixture. The temperature of the first reaction mixture may then be raised, and then cooled to form a modified starch, and glyoxal may be added to the modified starch solution to form a second reaction mixture that may then be stirred to produce a glyoxylate starch.

An object of the present invention is to provide, in particular, flame-resistant paper for a radio wave absorber member, the flame-resistant paper being unlikely to break during the production process and having favorable producibility in addition to being suitable for a radio wave absorber member and having high flame resistance. The flame-resistant paper for a radio wave absorber member according to the present invention contains pulp, aluminum hydroxide, guanidine phosphate, a binder, and a conductive substance, in which the content of the pulp is 5 to 20 mass%, the content of the aluminum hydroxide is 40 to 70 mass%, the content of the guanidine phosphate is 10 to 20 mass%, the content of the binder is 5 to 10 mass%, and the content of the conductive substance is 0.1 to 12 mass%.

The present invention provides formulations comprising a suspension of nanocellulose (NC) elements and a drying/dispersal additive selected from the group consisting of temperature-responsive polymers, small molecule additives in volatile systems, and blocking agents and methods of preparing such formulations, and further provides NC-containing materials, composite materials and useful articles of manufacture made therefrom.

The present invention provides formulations comprising a suspension of nanocellulose (NC) elements and a drying/dispersal additive selected from the group consisting of temperature-responsive polymers, small molecule additives in volatile systems, and blocking agents and methods of preparing such formulations, and further provides NC-containing materials, composite materials and useful articles of manufacture made therefrom.

Cellulose particles treated with a bio-based surfactant can be compounded into a polymer composite having improved mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and/or tensile modulus. Treatment can be integrated into an industrial scale continuous cellulose particle production process, and the process provides one or more of reduced environmental impact, reduced energy consumption, reduced chemical consumption, reduced water consumption, reduced processing/operational cost, reduced capital investment, increased output, improved fiber dispersion in the polymer matrix and improved thermal degradation properties of the composite.

Cellulose particles treated with a bio-based surfactant can be compounded into a polymer composite having improved mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and/or tensile modulus. Treatment can be integrated into an industrial scale continuous cellulose particle production process, and the process provides one or more of reduced environmental impact, reduced energy consumption, reduced chemical consumption, reduced water consumption, reduced processing/operational cost, reduced capital investment, increased output, improved fiber dispersion in the polymer matrix and improved thermal degradation properties of the composite.