Research Article
Nanosericite as an Innovative Microparticle in Dual-Chemical Paper Retention Systems
Table 2
The first pass retention rates of pulp stock with NS substituting Sc and gp.
| Nanoparticle concentration | c-PAMa | FPR (%) | A1 | A2 | A3 |
| Sc | | | | 2000 ppm | 74.90 | 81.23 | 82.71 | 3000 ppm | 77.04 | 81.99 | 81.37 | 4000 ppm | 77.39 | 82.36 | 81.86 | NS | | | | 3000 ppm | 73.30 | 75.30 | 75.73 | 4500 ppm | 73.53 | 76.73 | 76.00 | 6000 ppm | 73.98 | 76.70 | 75.62 |
| Nanoparticle concentration | c-PAMb | FPR (%) | B1 | B2 | B3 |
| gp | | | | 100 ppm | 73.56 | 80.89 | 79.35 | 200 ppm | 76.28 | 81.98 | 78.20 | 300 ppm | 80.84 | 81.79 | 78.19 | NS | | | | 400 ppm | 77.70 | 76.91 | 80.71 | 800 ppm | 77.40 | 79.01 | 80.88 | 1200 ppm | 76.93 | 80.67 | 76.22 |
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