The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a polishing pad that is long-lasting, has a high polish rate, and is capable of producing a high degree of flatness on polished articles; and a method for manufacturing the polishing pad. The solution provided is to eliminate a sea component from a non-woven fabric that includes a binder fabric and a sea-island type composite fiber composed of the sea component and an island component, the island component having a diameter of 10-2500 nm, and to add a polymer elastic body to the non-woven fabric.

A nonwoven article includes a plurality of electrospun polycrystalline, aluminosilicate ceramic filaments that form a cohesive nonwoven mat. Each of the aluminosilicate ceramic filaments in the mat have an average diameter of about 200 nm to about 1000 nm as determined with electron microscopy, and the aluminosilicate ceramic filaments have an average crystalline mullite content of about 15 wt % to about 80 wt %.

A nonwoven article includes a plurality of electrospun polycrystalline, aluminosilicate ceramic filaments that form a cohesive nonwoven mat. Each of the aluminosilicate ceramic filaments in the mat have an average diameter of about 200 nm to about 1000 nm as determined with electron microscopy, and the aluminosilicate ceramic filaments have an average crystalline mullite content of about 15 wt % to about 80 wt %.

A method for the manufacture of mineral wool, is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises reacting an aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resole with free formaldehyde with a first amount of urea, thereby preparing a prereact; contacting the prereact with a second amount of urea; applying the resulting mixture of prereact and second amount of urea, as part of a binder, optionally with additives, to the surface of mineral fibers; and curing the binder on the surface of the mineral fibers. The total amount of urea used ranges 10-40 wt. % relative to the sum of the dry weight of the phenol-formaldehyde resole and the total amount of urea, and the second amount of urea used is at least 40 wt.-% of the total amount of urea. The invention also relates to a mineral wool product with reduced emissions of formaldehyde obtained by the method.

A method for forming a dispersible nonwoven substrate comprising the steps of: a) emulsion polymerizing at least one mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer an emulsion polymer; and b) neutralizing the emulsion polymer with a neutralizer selected from the group consisting of an amine having a pKb of 4 to 7, an alkali hydroxide, and combinations thereof to form the aqueous nonwoven binder; c) contacting a nonwoven substrate with said aqueous nonwoven binder to form a contacted nonwoven substrate; d) heating the contacted nonwoven substrate to a temperature of from 120° C. to 220° C. to form a heated contacted nonwoven substrate; and e) immersing the contacted heated nonwoven substrate in an aqueous medium having a final pH of less than 5.5 to provide a dispersible nonwoven substrate wherein the aqueous medium contains a buffer comprising a mixture of citric acid and sodium citrate is disclosed.

A method for forming a dispersible nonwoven substrate comprising the steps of: a) emulsion polymerizing at least one mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer an emulsion polymer; and b) neutralizing the emulsion polymer with a neutralizer selected from the group consisting of an amine having a pKb of 4 to 7, an alkali hydroxide, and combinations thereof to form the aqueous nonwoven binder; c) contacting a nonwoven substrate with said aqueous nonwoven binder to form a contacted nonwoven substrate; d) heating the contacted nonwoven substrate to a temperature of from 120° C. to 220° C. to form a heated contacted nonwoven substrate; and e) immersing the contacted heated nonwoven substrate in an aqueous medium having a final pH of less than 5.5 to provide a dispersible nonwoven substrate wherein the aqueous medium contains a buffer comprising a mixture of citric acid and sodium citrate is disclosed.

Provided is a palp fibrous accumulated sheet including: a liquid permeable pulp fibrous accumulated layer containing a crushed pulp or base-fibers mainly including a crushed pulp, and a binder; and a plurality of fiber crimped parts formed by compression and pressurization, the fiber crimped parts being formed so that crushed pulp fibers each straddling the adjacent fiber crimped parts are present.

Provided is a palp fibrous accumulated sheet including: a liquid permeable pulp fibrous accumulated layer containing a crushed pulp or base-fibers mainly including a crushed pulp, and a binder; and a plurality of fiber crimped parts formed by compression and pressurization, the fiber crimped parts being formed so that crushed pulp fibers each straddling the adjacent fiber crimped parts are present.

Described herein is an absorbent article including (a) an absorbent core, a first nonwoven material, a second nonwoven material, and a bond area; and (b) a polymeric filler composition disposed within the bond area. The polymeric filler composition has less than 1% of a tackifier. The polymeric filler composition is chosen from a propylene butene copolymer, a polypropylene homopolymer, a propylene ethylene copolymer, and mixtures thereof. The polymeric filler composition has a Tensile Strength at Yield of from about 0.5 MPa to about 10 MPa. The bond area has a Peak Peel Strength of from about 0.1 N/cm to about 9 N/cm after exposure to a skin-protecting material for 24 hours.

The present disclosure provides for aqueous, curable binder compositions, as well as articles and products comprising assemblies of matter comprising mineral fibers, synthetic fibers, natural fibers, cellulosic particles and sheet materials comprising the binder compositions disclosed herein.