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Cationic starch
Table 3.2
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Raw materials
Subdomain (2nd level):  Papermaking additives
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Modified starch used as a papermaking additive, in order to increase fiber-to-fiber bonding and therefore the stiffness and the internal strength of paper.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  Starch contributes to the stiffness and bonding within a sheet of paper. Cationic starch is added to improve internal bond, tensile strength, and as part of certain retention and drainage programs.
Context source:  EN 8
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Fillers, Sizing agents, Dyes, Retention aids, Antislimes
Hyperonyms:  Papermaking additives
It:  Amido cationico
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Amidon cationique
Degree of reliability FR:  3
Notes:  Cationic starch can also be used as a retention aid.