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US 8,807,870 · App. 13/700,694 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Method for treating soil material

Inventors: Antti Laukkanen (Helsinki, FI); Jan-Erik Teirfolk (Turku, FI); Laura Alakukku (Hyvinkää, FI); Martti Sarkia (Helsinki, FI); Helinä Hartikainen (Helsinki, FI)
Assignee: UPM-Kymmene Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,807,870
App. No.
13/700,694
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for treating soil material. According to the invention, the soil material is treated by a mixture composition containing at least microfibrillated cellulose and water.

Claims (10)

1. A method for treating soil material, wherein the soil material is treated by a mixture composition containing at least chemically unmodified microfibrillated cellulose and water for bonding soil particles together.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the particles of the soil material are bound to the soil material by the mixture composition.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the mixture composition is spread to the surface of the soil material.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture composition is mixed with the soil material.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture composition contains less than 5 w-% of microfibrillated cellulose.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the water content of the mixture composition is adjusted.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture composition containing microfibrillated cellulose is formed from a dried and/or concentrated cellulose raw material by fibrillating.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the soil material is treated by the mixture composition in order to form a surface crust to the soil material.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the soil material is treated by the mixture composition in order to form soil aggregates.

10. A gel sowing mixture composition, wherein the mixture composition contains at least chemically unmodified microfibrillated cellulose and water and is in gelatinous form.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2013
From: LAUKKANEN, ANTTI; TEIRFOLK, JAN-ERIK; ALAKUKKU, LAURA; SARKIA, MARTTI; HARTIKAINEN, HELINA
To: UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029689/0211 →
Priority Claims (1)
FI 20105623 · Jun 2, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130108373A1 · May 2, 2013