An effect of carboxymethyl starch addition on adhesion to paper of water-soluble pressure-sensitive adhesive

Abstract

Introducing biopolymer derivative, i.e. carboxymethyl starch into pressure-sensitive adhesives for paper industry has been proposed. Obtained adhesives were transferred onto water-dispersible paper carrier giving repulpable double-sided splicing tape. The effect of carboxymethyl starch degree of substitution on essential adhesive properties: tack, peel adhesion, as well as shear strength for steel and various papers has been tested. Additionally, the solubility in water and alkaline medium has been evaluated. The highest tack and peel adhesion increase was reported for PSA containing CMS with degree of substitution DS 0.86, to fax paper. Moreover, the dynamic shear strength test imitating the shear conditions in paper processing revealed, that the highest values of this parameters exhibited the system with 15 wt.% CMS DS 0.86. For this system the shortest water-dissolving times as well as at elevated pH were noted: 314 s and 60 s, respectively.