PROCESS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CONVENTIONAL SURFACE SIZING OF PAPER

摘要

This invention discloses a process for the manufacture of paper having retained therein levels of starch wherein such starch is a specially treated, cooked, cross-linked starch which is added with a polyelectrolyte at the wet end of the paper manufacturing process or sprayed on the web of the paper-forming process. The invention also relates to a novel wet-end paper additive composition which includes the specially treated, cooked, cross-linked starch and a polyelectrolyte and the improved paper produce therefrom.