The present disclosure describes a treated cellulosic material comprising a cellulosic material having a porous structure defining a plurality of pores, at least a portion of the pores containing a treating agent comprising a polymer comprising an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer; and a modifying agent comprising an epoxy.

The present invention relates to a process for improved surface sizing in the manufacture of paper or board products. According to the present invention, an aqueous dispersion of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC), starch and pigments or fillers is treated by jet cooking and then used for surface sizing in a process for manufacturing a paper or board product.

The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion (P) comprising at least one polymeric resin (P1) and at least one polymeric resin (P2) different therefrom, where the polymeric resin (P1) is a polyamide and the polymeric resin (P2) is a polyester which is at least obtainable by reaction of at least one polymerized aliphatic C.sub.12-C.sub.24 monocarboxylic acid with at least one diol and/or polyol, (P) being obtainable by dispersing of (P1) in water or an aqueous medium in the presence of (P2), and where (P1) has an acid number <10 mg of KOH per g of polyamide, and (P) contains at most 25 wt %, based on the total weight of (P), of one or more organic solvents, and also to an aqueous coating composition comprising (P), at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), which is different from the polymeric resins (P1) and (P2), and at least one pigment (B) for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat film.

A polymer latex composition for fibre binding includes: a) 50 to 98 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of first latex particles having a volume average particle size of 80 to 1000 nm, wherein the first latex particles optionally bear functional groups and if functional groups are present they are selected from functional groups consisting of acid functional groups and salts, amides or anhydrides thereof, silane functional groups, and combinations thereof; b) 2 to 50 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of second latex particles having a volume average particle size of 5 to 70 nm bearing epoxy functional groups, to the use of that composition for fibre binding, to a fibre structure including the dried residue of that composition and to a method for increasing the strength of a fibre structure.

A polymer latex composition for fibre binding includes: a) 50 to 98 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of first latex particles having a volume average particle size of 80 to 1000 nm, wherein the first latex particles optionally bear functional groups and if functional groups are present they are selected from functional groups consisting of acid functional groups and salts, amides or anhydrides thereof, silane functional groups, and combinations thereof; b) 2 to 50 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of second latex particles having a volume average particle size of 5 to 70 nm bearing epoxy functional groups, to the use of that composition for fibre binding, to a fibre structure including the dried residue of that composition and to a method for increasing the strength of a fibre structure.

The present invention is to provide polyether compounds having epoxy hydroxyl urethane group, as the following formula (I), (II) or (III) shows:

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and waterborne epoxy resin composition. Using the hydroxyl urethane as emulsifier, the obtained waterborne epoxy resin composition of the present invention has better stability and freeze-thaw resistance.

A method of expanding expandable polymeric microspheres including contacting an aqueous slurry including unexpanded, expandable polymeric microspheres with heat in-situ during manufacture of cement. A method of manufacturing cement includes: (i) contacting an aqueous slurry of unexpanded, expandable polymeric microspheres with heat proximate to and/or during said manufacturing of cement to create expanded polymeric microspheres; (ii) optionally pre-wetting the expanded polymeric microspheres; and (iii) mixing the expanded polymeric microspheres with cement.

The present invention relates to an emulsion-based high release additive for a release sheet, the additive being characterized by being obtained by dispersing in water a condensation product (A) obtained by subjecting the following to a dehydration condensation reaction: (A-1) a polydiorganosiloxane which has an average degree of polymerization of 100-300,000 and which has one or more hydroxyl groups or hydrolyzable groups per molecule; and (A-2) a polyorganosiloxane resin, which contains (SiO.sub.4/2) units and (R.sub.3SiO.sub.1/2) units (in the formulae, the R groups each represent independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1-12 carbon atoms and not having an aliphatic unsaturated bond or an alkenyl group having 2-6 carbon atoms) as primary components, in which the molar ratio of (R.sub.3SiO.sub.1/2) units relative to (SiO.sub.4/2) units is 0.6-1.2 and in which the total content of hydroxyl groups and hydrolyzable groups is not lower than 2.1 mass % and lower than 10.0 mass %. The present invention can obtain a silicone cured coating film having a high release force by adding the additive to a curable composition for a release sheet such as a release paper or release film, coating the same on a variety of base materials and curing.

Aqueous inkjet compositions comprising a composite resin vehicle wherein at least one component of the composite resin vehicle is a polyurethane dispersion (PUD) preferably with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 80° C., and the other component is an acrylic resin dispersion preferably with a Tg of greater than 40° C. or a metal oxide nanoparticle dispersion such as colloidal silica with a particle size of less than 100 nm.

The present application provides a method for preventing wildfire in a target, the method comprising providing an aqueous composition comprising fire retardant and fibrillar cellulose and applying the aqueous composition to the target. The present application also provides an aqueous composition comprising fire retardant and fibrillar cellulose, and a container comprising the aqueous composition. The present application also provides use of the aqueous composition for preventing wildfire.