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Wet-strength resins are an important group of papermaking chemicals. Their mode of action is unusual in that they cause an irreversible change in a characteristic physical property of paper — its strength in the dry state and its tendency to disintegrate when wet — rather than merely improving paper quality. They are therefore only used for a fraction of the total paper production, but this still amounts to 4–5% of all paper produced or 10 million tonnes per year. World-wide consumption of wet-strength resins is estimated at 400 000–500 000 tonnes per year with a value of around US$470 million.
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Linhart, F. (1995). The practical application of wet-strength resins. In: Au, C.O., Thorn, I. (eds) Applications of Wet-End Paper Chemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0756-5_7
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