Alkaline paper surface sizing agents, method of use and surface sized paper

摘要

A sizing agent for paper that is a 2-oxetanone ketene multimer which is not solid at 35 C., particularly a multimer mixture in which at least 25 weight percent of the hydrocarbon substituents contain irregularities such as branched alkyl groups or linear or branched alkenyl groups. Paper surface sized with the 2-oxetanone ketene multimer sizing agent and the method of surface sizing paper are also disclosed