METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE FIBERS SUITABLE FOR USE IN A THICKENING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THICKENING COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR THICKENING A COMPOSITION

• Main Authors: IWAMA, Takehisa, HAYASHI, Hisato
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.02.2019
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

Described are a method for producing cellulose fibers suitable for use in a thickening composition, a method for producing a thickening composition that contains the cellulose fibers, and a method for thickening a composition. The method for producing the cellulose fibers includes grinding a composition containing cellulose fibers and an aqueous solution to produce a dispersion containing cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter (D) in a range of from 0.001 to 100 μm in the aqueous solution.