Abstract: A process of preparing an aqueous composition comprising a polysilicate, wherein the composition is a substantially uniform liquid when measured at 25° C., comprising the steps of, i) providing an aqueous liquid having a source of silicate, ii) adjusting the pH of the liquid to between about 2 and about 10.5, thereby causing polymerisation of the silicate, iii) allowing sufficient time for the polymerisation to proceed to substantial completion and thereby forming a product comprising gelled material, iv) subjecting the gelled material to sufficient shear to form a substantially uniform liquid. The novel aqueous composition made by this process is useful in the manufacture of paper and paperboard either as a mineral filler or as a retention/drainage aid.

Abstract: A process of preparing an aqueous composition comprising a polysilicate, wherein the composition is a substantially uniform liquid when measured at 25° C., comprising the steps of, i) providing an aqueous liquid having a source of silicate, ii) adjusting the pH of the liquid to between about 2 and about 10.5, thereby causing polymerisation of the silicate, iii) allowing sufficient time for the polymerisation to proceed to substantial completion and thereby forming a product comprising gelled material, iv) subjecting the gelled material to sufficient shear to form a substantially uniform liquid. The novel aqueous composition made by this process is useful in the manufacture of paper and paperboard either as a mineral filler or as a retention/drainage aid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and composition for controlling pitch and stickies deposit in a pulp and papermaking process using amphoteric copolymers of diallyldimethylammonium chloride (DADMAC) with acrylic acid and/or acrylamide and optionally a siliceous material.

Abstract: A method for storing a disk comprising providing a disk having a disk opening, providing a disk storage container having a base with a disk recess and a hub generally concentrically disposed in the disk recess, and disengaging an end side of a lid from a rear channel of an upright rear wall attached to said base. The method for storing additionally comprises sliding opposed sides of the lid in side channels of opposed upright side walls attached to the base and to the upright rear wall, passing the hub of the disk recess through the disk opening of the disk, and resting the disk on a bottom of the disk recess for storing the disk.

Abstract: Bentonite swelling clay is provided to a paper making mill as a fluid concentrate containing more than 15% bentonite wherein swelling of the bentonite is prevented by inorganic electrolyte in the concentrate, and the bentonite swells upon dilution either before addition of the cellulosic suspension or after addition.