Why is polyacrylamide used in paper industry?

Polyacrylamide (PAM) in paper industry is widely used as retention agent, filter aid, homogenizer, and water treatment agent and so on. Its function is to improve the quality of paper, improve the pulp dehydration performance, improve the retention of fine fibers and fillers, and reduce the consumption of raw materials and environmental pollution.

What is polyacrylamide (PAM)?

Polyacrylamide (PAM), a versatile water-soluble polymer, plays a pivotal role in enhancing various processes within the paper industry. From pulp production to wastewater treatment, PAM proves to be an indispensable chemical aiding in the optimization of paper manufacturing.

Can polyacrylamide be used as paper dispersant?

Polyacrylamide could be used as paper dispersant, paper residence filter aid. The paper fibers and fillers in pulp are hydrophobic and tend to flocculate into clusters. It is difficult to produce paper with uniform properties and good strength. The addition of polyacrylamide promotes the dispersion of paper fibers and the formation of paper.

What are anionic polyacrylamides?

Anionic polyacrylamides (PAMs) are a class of synthetic water-soluble polymers (composed of long chains of acrylamide monomer) used as flocculants. They are available in dry powder form, liquid emulsion, and gelatinous blocks.

What is anionic polyacrylamide used for?

Anionic Polyacrylamide is widely used in Oil & Gas, water treatment, textile, printing and dyeing, papermaking, mineral processing, coal washing, medicine, sugar, breeding, building materials, agriculture and other industries. It is known as the most widely used additive.

What is cationic polyacrylamide used for?

Polyaluminium chloride, anionic or cationic polyacrylamide are commonly used in the recovery of white water from papermaking, while cationic polyacrylamide is commonly used in air flotation treatment.