The present invention relates to microfibrous cellulose capable of exhibiting an excellent dispersibility stability and an excellent coating suitability when added to paint.

To this end, the present invention provides fibrous cellulose having a fiber width of 1,000 nm or less and containing an ionic substituent. An amount of the ionic substituent in the fibrous cellulose is 0.10 mmol/g or more and 1.50 mmol/g or less. A polymerization degree of the fibrous cellulose is 150 or more and 515 or less. When the fibrous cellulose is dispersed in a dispersion solvent containing water and isopropanol to obtain a dispersion fluid having a 7:3 mass ratio of water and isopropanol and a viscosity of 2,500 mPa.Math.s at 23° C., and the dispersion fluid is stirred under predetermined stirring conditions, a viscosity change rate falls within ±50% as calculated by the following formula:

viscosity change rate (%)=(viscosity after stirring−viscosity before stirring)/viscosity before stirring×100

Method for sulphation and phosphorylation of a cellulose substrate for imparting anti-flame properties to the substrate in which at least one phosphonic acid of formula (I):
PO(OH).sub.2—R—PO(OH).sub.2,   (I)
is used as a catalyst of sulphation and a phosphorylating agent and relative substrate.

Method for sulphation and phosphorylation of a cellulose substrate for imparting anti-flame properties to the substrate in which at least one phosphonic acid of formula (I):
PO(OH).sub.2—R—PO(OH).sub.2,   (I)
is used as a catalyst of sulphation and a phosphorylating agent and relative substrate.

The present invention relates to a cellulose-containing resin composition and a method of producing the same. The cellulose-containing resin composition includes cellulose nanocrystals containing, as cellulose, hemicellulose in an amount of 10 wt. % or less, and thereby the amount of VOCs released due to the cellulose can be reduced without using an additive, and a cellulose-containing resin composition having a lower TVOC amount than that of the resin itself can be provided.

The present invention relates to a cellulose-containing resin composition and a method of producing the same. The cellulose-containing resin composition includes cellulose nanocrystals containing, as cellulose, hemicellulose in an amount of 10 wt. % or less, and thereby the amount of VOCs released due to the cellulose can be reduced without using an additive, and a cellulose-containing resin composition having a lower TVOC amount than that of the resin itself can be provided.

An object is to provide a dispersion of ultrafine cellulose fibers having a high thickening effect and a gelling function. There is provided a subterranean formation processing composition comprising ultrafine cellulose fibers, which has a haze value of 1.0% to 50%, when the composition is suspended in water such that the solid concentration of cellulose fibers is 0.2% by mass. The composition of the present invention can be used as an additive to the fluid at the time of the processing of subterranean formation, especially the processing of the well. The present invention provides also various fluids which are used in well processing. The present invention provides a method for processing a subterranean formation, for example, drilling of an exploratory well or a wildcat, an appraisal well, an exploratory well or an exploration well, a delineation well, a development well, a production well, an injection well, an observation well, and a service well; cementing; fracturing; and a method for producing petroleum resources.

The object is to provide a subterranean formation processing composition which has a highly stable viscosity against change in temperature and a high water stopping property. A subterranean formation processing composition comprising cellulose fibers wherein the composition contains ultrafine cellulose fibers having 0.14 to 2.5 mmol/g of a substituent is used. The substituent is preferably an anion group, particularly a phosphoric acid group. The present invention relates to various fluids which are used in well processing. The present invention relates to a method for processing a subterranean formation, for example, drilling of an exploratory well or a wildcat, an appraisal well, an exploratory well or an exploration well, a delineation well, a development well, a production well, an injection well, an observation well, and a service well; cementing; fracturing; and a method for producing petroleum resources. The present invention provides also a cellulose fiber-containing composition which is not limited to the subterranean formation processing use.

The present invention relates to a product formed of a mixture containing a multivalent cation resin and nanocellulose. The present invention is characterized in that a layer containing the nanocellulose is formed on a layer of the multivalent cation resin so that the multivalent cation resin and the nanocellulose are mixed with each other. The product of the present invention provides a laminate having a nanocellulose-containing layer with excellent gas barrier property and an interlayer adhesion, and the present invention provides also a method for producing the same.

A gas-barrier composition including nanocellulose containing at least one of a sulfuric acid group, a sulfo group, or a phosphoric acid group; and a reactive crosslinking agent.

A gas-barrier composition including nanocellulose containing at least one of a sulfuric acid group, a sulfo group, or a phosphoric acid group; and a reactive crosslinking agent.