CA1180968A - Wrapper for smoking articles and method - Google Patents

Wrapper for smoking articles and method

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CA1180968A
CA1180968A CA000414922A CA414922A CA1180968A CA 1180968 A CA1180968 A CA 1180968A CA 000414922 A CA000414922 A CA 000414922A CA 414922 A CA414922 A CA 414922A CA 1180968 A CA1180968 A CA 1180968A
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H5/00Special paper or cardboard not otherwise provided for
    • D21H5/12Special paper or cardboard not otherwise provided for characterised by the use of special fibrous materials
    • D21H5/14Special paper or cardboard not otherwise provided for characterised by the use of special fibrous materials of cellulose fibres only
    • D21H5/16Tobacco or cigarette paper
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/02Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/63Inorganic compounds
    • D21H17/70Inorganic compounds forming new compounds in situ, e.g. within the pulp or paper, by chemical reaction with other substances added separately
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/63Inorganic compounds
    • D21H17/67Water-insoluble compounds, e.g. fillers, pigments
    • D21H17/675Oxides, hydroxides or carbonates

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Abstract

ABSTRACT

A wrapper for smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and the like containing precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel. Other components of the filler for the wrapper can be either an unreactive grade of magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate. For the most effective reduction in sidestream tar and visible sidestream smoke, the basis weight of the paper should be between 30 g/M2 and 100 g/M2. The filler should constitute 30% to 60% of the total sheet weight. The precipitated magnesium hydroxide gel should be present to the extent of approximately 5% to 50% by weight of the total filler and preferably between 10% and 25%.

Description

WRAPPER FOR ~MOKING ARTICLES AND M~THOD

TECHNICAL FIELD_ _ This invenl:ion relates generally to smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and the like and the wrapper for the tobacco column thereof, and more par-ticularly to an improved wrapper ~or such smoking articles for use either by itself or as an inner wrapper in combination with a conventional outer wrapper which significantly recluces the amount of visible sidestream smoke that normally emanates from a smoking article during static burning and which has substantially improved ash appearance over heYetofor developed smoking articles with reduced visable siclestream smoke.
BAC~GROUND OF THE E'RIOR ART
A problem associated with smoking articles such as cigarettes or cigars is the amount of sidestream smoke that is given off during static burning, for example when the smoking article is idling and not being drawn upon by the smoker or is simply resting in an ashtray while burning. Visible sidestream smoke that is given off by a smoking article such as a cigarette during static burning is irritating and objectionable to nonsmokers in the vicinity of the idling cigarette.
A problem with heretofor developed wrappers that reduced visable sidestream smoke has been that they give a flaky and/or off color ash due to poor ashing characteristics of the wrappers. Various mechanisms have been incorporated into smoking articles to reduce visible sidestream smoke and to improve the characteristics of wrappers, but none to date has been commercially successful in overcoming both of these problems.
Probably the most effective means of reducing visible sidestream smoke, to date is disclosed and claimed 9 ~ 8 in U.S. Patent 3,231,377, Cline et al owned by applicant's assignee, Olin Corporation.
In this patent there is disclosed a wrapper for smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and the like containing at least 15% by weight magnesium oxide or its hydrate and at least 0.5~ by weight o~ specific chemical adjuvant such as the alkali metal acetates, carbonates, citrates, nitrates or tartrates. The combination of magnesium oxide or its hydrate with any of the chemical adjuvants significantly reduces visible sidestream smoke that emanates during static burning from smoking articles employing the wrapper. The wrapper may comprise conventional cigarette paper with magnesium oxide and the adjuvant incorporated therein as the filler in the paper furnish or either or both of the additives may be applied to the paper as a coating. Wrappers containing the additives can be used in place of conventional wrappers for smoking articles or used as an inner wrapper Eor the tobacco column in combination with a conventional outer wrapping of cigarette paper or ciyar wrap~ The wrappers disclosed in this patent, while extremely effective in reducing sidestream smoke, consistently give an undesirable flaky off color ash.
Schur (in U.S. Patent 2,733,720) discloses the use of minor amounts of asbestos fiber in certain cigarette papers to give more solid ash. These fibers would undoubtedly function to improve the ash from papers but are completely unacceptable for use in cigarettes in the light of present ~nowledge of inhalation hazards of asbestos. Similarly, Lamm (in U.S. Patent 2,890,704 and U.S. Patent 2,998,012) discloses cigarette wrappers made of interwoven glass fibers. It has been shown that glass fibers added to magnesium oxide filled paper give an acceptably 501 id ash. However, these too are unacceptable to the cigarette manufacturers.

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BRI~F SU~IARY OF TI~F INVENTION
It has now been discovered t~lat using magnesi,um hydroxide, in -~he form of an amorphous gel, as a cigarette paper filler component improves ash appearance and sidestream~smo}ce reduction. Magnesium hydroxide in -the preferred form can be produced by controlling conditions under which precipitation of the hydroxide gel is accomplished by adding an alkali to a solution of a soluble magnesium salt., The present invention consists in the use of a small fraction of precipitated magnesium hydroxide gel in the cigarette paper filler. The other component of the filler can be either an unreactive grade of magnesium,oxide and or calcium carbonate. For the most effective reduction in sidestream tar and visible sidestream smoke, the basis weight of the paper should be between 30 g/M2 and 100 g/MZ. The filler sho~ld constitute 30-Q to 60% of the total sheet weight~ The precipitated magnesium hydroxide gel should be present to the extent of approximately 5% to 50% by weight of the total filler and preferably between 10% and 25%.
In accordance with this invention, a wrapper is provided for smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and the like having incorporated therein at least 5% by weight of magnesium hydroxide gel preferable in combination with o'her specific fillers where~ the combination acts to significantly reduce visible sidestream smoke emanating from the smoking article during static burning, and improves ashing. For best results one or more burning chemicals such as the chemical adjuvants of U.S. Patent 3,231,377 also should be present in the wrapper to achieve the greatest reductïons in sidestream smoke and tl~e best ash appearance. Wrappers according to this invention ' may be made by incorporating the magnesium hydroxide gel - , and,the other fillers in the wrapper pulp cr/s, 9 6 ~

furnish or the additives may be appliecl to the wrapper as a coating. In the case of cigarette papers, they ma~ be made using an ordinary paper furnish such as pulped woo~1 or flax fibers to which is added a sufficient quantity o~
the gel. The maynesiu~ hydroxide gel may be used alone or in combinatiol1 with other co~ventional fillers such as magnesium oxide and/or calcium carbonate. The furnisn of Eiber pulp and fillers are then used to ma~e a paper sheet on conventional papermaking machines. The sidestream smoke inhibitor and ash appearance improving magnesium hydroxide gel co~npositions of the invention may be applied to the paper at l:he size press on the paper machine or as a separate treatlng operation after the paper is produced.
~i~ewise, instead of using the magnesiu~ hydroxide gel in the furnish as a filler, it may be applied to the finished paper as a coating using rotogravure or other conventional coating techni~ues after the paper is made. ~rhe particular fiber furnish from which the wrappers are made is not critical and any of the cellulosic fiber pulps used in papermaking can be employed. The fiber pulps customarily used to make paper wrappers for cigarettes or the tobacco materials used to make cigar wrap are preferred. Thus, in addition to wood and flax fibers, the furnish may be pulped tobacco stalks or stems to which is added the magnesium hydroxide gel and the magnesium oxide and/or clacium carbonate may be used in the furnis~ used in making reconstituted tohacco sheets for cigar wrap.
Smoking article wrappers containin~ magnesium hydroxide gel with or without the other fillers according to this invention may be used as an inner wrapper under a normal outer wrapper for the tobacco column of the cigarette or cigar. Conventional cigarette paper, and preferably very porous or perforated cigarette paper, or cigar wrap is then used as the outer wrapping for t'ne ~ ~ns~
smok:Lng artlcle. S~lch a comb:ination can reduce the tobacco we:ight necessary to make a satlsfactory product, increase~s -the tobacco rod firmness, and does not alter the appeardnce of the cigarett:e or cigar. Wrappers containing the aclditives according to this invention also may be used as the sinqle wrap for a smoking article. With cig~rettes, it is especially desirable to use high basis weight papers if only a single wrap is employed. soth of the additives are essentially white and therefore do not alter the appearance of the cigarette paper, which is especially important.
Reductions of at least 20% sidestream particulate matter yields are ohtained in smoking arti~les in which wrappers according to this invention are employed and reductions of 75% or more can be achieved, depending upon the combination of magnesium hydroxide gel, other fillers and chemicals employed in the wrapper.
Therefore, in accordance with the presen-t invention there is provided a wrapper for smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and the like comprising a cellulosic sheet containing, as Eiller, a small fraction of freshly precipitated amorphous magne,ium hydroxide gel coated on or applied to the fibers of the shee-t wherein the small fraction of amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel comprises 5% to 50% by weigh. of the to-tal filler.
In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for reducing the visible sidestream smoke emanated from a smoking article comprising wrapping the tohacco charge in the smoking article in a cr/

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combust:ible cellulosic sheet containin~, as a fil.leY, a small fract.ion of ~reshly precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel coa-ted or applied -to the fibers of the sheet, wllerein the precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel comprises 5~ to 50% by weight of the total filler.
rmation Fine particle size magnesium hydroxide gels can be produced by car.efully controlling conditions under which precipitation of the hydroxide is accomplished by adding an ~lkali to a solution of a soluble magnesium salt. In the recovery of magnesium from sea water or brine Erom well.s, lime or dolomitic lime is used in a continuous p~-ocess in which preformed hydroxide is added to provide initial seeds for crystal growth. A portion of the reactor effluent is then continuously recycled to control particle size. In the normal commercial recovery process, crystal growth continues to a point where the product is easily dewatered.
The dewatering process removes soluble impuri-ties. The particle si~e of the purified product is too large for use in carrying out the present invention even when the particles are reduced in size by wet grinding. If, however, a solution of a magnesium salt is mixed with a solution ol water soluble alkali without - 5a -cr/

ta~ing any of the steps required for particle growth, magnesium hydroxide comes out of solution as an amorphous gel. This physical form of magnesiun hydroxide is quit~
diEferent than dispersions of even the smallest discrete crystalline particles. It has been discovered that deposition of these gels in or on paper would provide more intimate contact with and/or more complete coverage of paper Eibers. Thus it is possible to achieve the desired reduction of sidestream smoke at lower levels of magnesium nydroxide in the paper. In addition, a major beneEit of using magnesium hydroxide in the gel form is that ash color and solidity of the ash are improved resulting in acceptable cigarette papers.
Througnout the specification and claims the ~erms "magnesium hydroxide qel" mean an apparently ho!nogenous substance or dispersion consisting of an aggregate of small particles in very close association with a liquid, and the gel at the concentrations used in this invention is actually bro~en into ~locs floating in the aqueous medium.
Detailed Descr_ption of the Invention The present invention consists in the use of a minor fraction of freshly ~recipitated magnesium hydroxide gel in the cigarette paper filler. The other component of the filler can be an unreactive grade of magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate. For the most e~ective reduction in sidestream tar and visible sidestream smoke, the basis weight of the paper should be between 30 g/M2 and 100 g/M2. The Eiller should constitute 30~ to 60~ of the total sheet weight. The precipitated magnesium hydroxide gel should be present to the extent of approximately 5'' to 50% by weight of the total filler and preferably between 10% and 25~.
Various methods can be used to incorporate the precipitated magnesium hydroxide gel in the paper. The 9 ~ 8 hydroxide can be precipitated in a separate operation, for example, by additlg soflium hydroxide to a solution oE
rnagnesium acetate. The appropriate quantity of the resulting gel is then mixed with the other ingredients of the paper furnish. Alternatively, the precipitation can be carcied out in the presence of the fiber, the other filler co~nponent or both. ~nother approach is to treat paper already containing the major Eiller cornponent first with a solution of magnesium salt then with a solution ~E
alkali such as sodium or potassium hydroxide. These treatments can conveniently be done by successive si~e p~ess operations, with or without intermediate drying.
The burning chemical or chemical adjuvant will generally be added to the paper by treatment with the appropriate solution at the size press on the paper machine. Concentration of the adjuvant in the paper can be control~ed by adjusting the concentration of the treating solutlon. In the case of potassium acetate, for example, concentrations in the paper of 2~ to ~% by weigrht and preferably 3% to 6~ by weight have been ~ound to give the best result:s. In embodiments oi- the invention where the magnesium hydroxide gel is precipitate-i in and/or on pre~orrned paper, the chemical adjuvant will be derived as a by-product oi- the reaction of magnesium salt with alkali. Thus, the reaction of magnesium acetate with potassium hydrc>xi~e yields potassium acetate as a coproduct with magnesium hydroxide.
The fo]lowing examples illustrate various aspects of the invention.
In general, separate amounts of Kentucky Referee lR3 tobacco wrapped in conventional cigarette paper woulci have sidestream particulate yields in the range oE from 22 to 30 mg/cigarette and these yields are to be considered 9 ~ ~

as "control yields" when considering Tables I, II and III
des~ribed nereinafter.
Example NoO 1 . . _ This example sho~s that magnesium hydro~ide precipitated as a gel prior to or during the paper~a!cing operation is rnore ~ffective in reducing sidestream smoke yields than preformed dispersions of fine ~agne.siu~
hy.~ro~ide particles.
All of the ~apers used in this exa:nple were 100 g/M2 flax handsheets with 50% total filler. The major constitutent of the filler was MagChe~ 10, an unreactive grade of magnesium oxide manufactured by Martin ~arietta. 'm e other component was ;nagnesium hydroxide.
Ta~le I gives the concentration of magnesium hydroxide in the filler as well as its source.
Each paper was treated with 3.0~ sodium acetate solution beEore being used to reroll matc'ned weights of Kentuc~y Re:Eeree lR3 tobacco for the sidestream smoke te~ts recorded ln Table I.
TABLE I
Mg(OH)2 P~rcent ~reiner Average By ~gt. Porosity Sidestream Burn In (Seconds/ Tar Time Filler Source 50 cc) (mg~cigarette) ~Minutes) A* 15.5 13.7 8.9 B** 23.0 10.4 ***
~** 1700 10.8 14.9 B** 8.5 12.3 12.6 ~** 7.5 13.6 11.3 *Dow MHT-60 micronlzed to an average particle size less than 1 micro!~eter.

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**Precipitated by adding inagnesiu~n acetate to a mixtllre oF
i~agChem 10, ~iber, and sodiu.n hydroxide.
***Not recorded.
Example No. 2 rrhi~s exanple shows tnat ~idestrea,n tar reductions similar t:o those obtained with ;~agChem 10 can ~e achieved with calcium carbonate as the major Eiller component. I~
also indicat-es that a substantial reduction in si-~estream tar can be achieved ~hether or not the precipitation is carried out in the presence of the flax Eibers.
As in Example N~. 1, all handsheets had basis weights c>f lQ0 g/m2 with 50~ total filler. All were treated with 3.0~ sodium acetate heEore being use~ to reroll test ci(3arettes. The calciun car`~onate use~ in these handsheets was manufactured by ~ississi~pi Lime Company and had an average particle si~e of approximate]y
2 ,nicrometers. Table II gives the concentration of ma~nesium hydroxide in the filler as well as its source.

TABL~ II

M~(O~)2 Percent Greiner Average By ~gt. Porosity Sidestream Burn In (Seconds~ Tar rilne Filler Source 50 cc) (rng/ci~arette) (~inutes) _ _ _ ~* 13.7 13.1 8.9 ~** 23.0 10.1 1~.8 C*** 19.2 lO.9 13.0 *Dow MHT-60 .nicronized to an average particle size less than l micrometer.
**Precipitated from ma~nesium acetate solution in a blender with calcium carbonate present.
***Precipitated Erom ma~nesium acetate sollltion in )9~

- l o presence of fiber a~d calciuln carbonate with rapid stirring.
Example No. 3 This example shows that the gel form of magnesium hydroxide is effective in reducing sidestream tar yields when it ls precipitated directly in or on preformed paper.
Flax handsheets, 100 g/m2 in basis weight and aontaining 50% unreacted magnesium oxide (MagChem 10) as filler, were cut in strips and treated on a size press with a 10~ solution of magnesium acetate. The paper strips were then dried, treated with a 6.25~ solution of potassium hydroxide in a second pass through the size press, and redried. These treatments resulted in a 20%
weight increase. The weight oE potassium acetate produce~
by the reaction of magnesium acetate with two equivalents of potassium hydroxide is 3.4 times the weight of magnesium hydroxide precipitated. Thus, even if the reaction went to completion in the case of the treated handsheets just described, only a fraction of the 20 increase in weight would be due to the presence of precipitated magnesium hydroxide gel. Cigarettes rerolled in this treated paper had a static burn rate of 85 milligrams per minute and gave a sidestream tar yield of 12.6 milligrams per cigarette.
Example No. 4 In this example, it is seen that precipitation of magnesium acetate in the presence of the paper fibers gives only slightly lower yields of total sidestream tar per cigarette than when the fiber is not present but, because oi a more profound ei-fect on burning rate, the rate of si.destream smoke production and hence visible sidestream smoke is greatly reduced.
The handsheets of thi~ exa;nple were again g ~ ~
-- 'I 1 --100 g/m2 in basis weight with 50% total ~iller. The filler contained 87~ MagChem 10 inactive magnesium oxide and 13% magnesium hydroxide gel. Precipitation on the fiber was carried out by adding a magnesium acetate solution to the fiber slurry and then adding the quantity of sodium hydroxide solution required to precipitate magnesium hydr~xide gel.
This operation was carried out with moderate agitation which was continued for approximately 4 minutes.
The mixture was allowed to stand for 30 minutes before being used to make handsheets. Precipitation with no fiber present was carried out in a blender to reduce the size of any agylomerates which might form before combining the magnesium hydroxide gel slurry with the flax fiber and MagChem 10.
Strips of both types of handsheets were treated with 6~ potassium acetate solution before being used to roll cigarettes for smoking tests. The test results are tabulated in Table III.
Table III

Mode Greiner of Porosity Sidestream Burn Sidestream Precip- Seconds/ Tar Time Tar itation 50 cc) (m~/cigarette) (Minutes) (mg/minute) Fiber Present 12.1 9.3 11.5 0.81 No Fiber Present 13.6 9.6 9.4 1.02 The effectiveness of the amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel in combination with unreactive grade magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate containing wrappers for smoking articles such as cigarettes and cigars )9~8 according to this invention is quite apparent from the :Eoregoing illustrative examples. Many variations will become apparent to those skilled in the art and the invention is not limited to the preferred embodirnents shown. Various modifications and changes may be made without departing Erom the spirit and scope of the invention as deEined in the following claims.

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THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A wrapper for smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and the like comprising a cellulosic sheet containing, as filler, a small fraction of freshly precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel coated on or applied to the fibers of the sheet wherein the small fraction of amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel comprises 5% to 50% by weight of the total filler.
2. The wrapper as defined in claim 1 wherein the filler further contains an unreactive grade of magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate or both.
3. The wrapper as defined in claim 2 wherein the precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel comprises 10% to 25% by weight of the total filler.
4. The wrapper as defined in claim 1 wherein the filler further contains an unreactive grade of magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate or both; the basis weight of the sheet is between 30 g/M2 and 100 g/M2/ the filler constitutes 30% to 60% of the total sheet weight and the precipitated magnesium hydroxide is present to the extent of approximately 5% to 50% by weight of the total filler.
5. The wrapper of claim 1 in which the cellulosic sheet is cigarette paper.
6. The wrapper of claim 1 in which the cellulosic sheet is cigar wrap.
7. The wrapper of claim 1 further including 2% to 8% by weight of potassium acetate as a chemical adjuvant.
8. A smoking article comprising a tobacco charge and a wrapper for the tobacco charge, said wrapper comprising a cellulosic sheet containing, as a filler, a small fraction of freshly precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel coated on or applied to the fibers of the sheet, whereby upon burning the smoke article visible sidestream smoke is reduced, wherein the precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel comprises 5% to 50% by weight of the total filler.
9. The smoking article as defined in claim 8 wherein the filler further contains an unreactive grade of magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate or both.
10. The smoking article as defined in claim 9 wherein the precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel comprise 10% to 25% by weight of the total filler.
11. The smoking article as defined in claim 8 wherein the filler further contains an unreactive grade of magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate, or both, and the basis weight of the sheet is between 30 g/M2 and 100 g/M2
12. The smoking article defined in claim 8 further including 2% to 8% by weight of potassium acetate in the wrapper as a chemical adjuvant.
13. A method for reducing the visible sidestream smoke emanated from a smoking article comprising wrapping the tobacco charge in the smoking article in a combustible cellulosic sheet containing, as a filler, a small fraction of freshly precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel coated or applied to the fibers of the sheet, wherein the precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel comprises 5%
to 50% by weight of the total filler.
14. The method as defined in claim 13 wherein the filler further contains an unreactive grade of magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate or both.
15. The method as defined in claim 14 wherein the precipitated amorphous magnesium hydroxide gel comprises 10% to 25% by weight of the total filler.
16. The method as defined in claim 14 further including adding to or forming on the fibers of the sheet 2% to 8% by weight of potassium acetate.
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