Paper products and pulps with surface enhanced pulp fibers and increased absorbency, and methods of making same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11441271
APP PUB NO 20190242062A1
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16267755

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Paper products such as tissues can be made using a furnish comprising surface enhanced pulp fibers (“SEPF”). In some embodiments, SEPF have a weighted average fiber length of at least 0.3 millimeters (mm) and an average hydrodynamic specific surface area of at least 10 square meters per gram (m2/g). In some embodiments, a furnish or a paper product can comprise at least 2 % SEPF by dry weight. In some embodiments, a paper product comprising SEPF can be formed from a furnish having a freeness of 650 ml Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) or less, optionally 600 ml CSF or less.

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MIAMI UNIVERSITY215 ROUDEBUSH HALL OXFORD OH 45056

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Alinejad, Mona Oxford, US 17 45
Coffin, Douglas W Oxford, US 2 8
Pande, Harshad Montreal, CA 22 166

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