Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Carbohydrates or derivatives
Patent
1988-12-05
1992-05-12
Griffin, Ronald W.
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Carbohydrates or derivatives
106205, 106208, C08B 3700
Patent
active
051129655
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an aqueous thickener composition useful in the pros of enhanced oil recovery in petroleum technology. The thickener composition is prepared by the reaction of a xanthan gum or a similar high molecular weight polysaccharide with a low molecular weight aliphatic aldehyde such as formaldehyde in an aqueous medium in the presence of an inorganic salt such as sodium chloride in a concentration of 0.5 to 10% by weight so that an intramolecular crosslinked fine structure of superhelix is formed in the polysaccharide molecules and the aqueous solution of thus chemically modified polysaccharide is imparted with remarkably improved thermal stability as compared to the aqueous solutions of a similar polysaccharide which has been treated under the same conditions but in the absence of any inorganic salt in the reaction medium.
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Aragane Hideyuki
Fujishige Shoei
Numajiri Rikio
Director-General of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technol
Griffin Ronald W.
Kashima Oil Co. Ltd.
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