Patent ID: 9656914
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: C01F,C01P,C02F,C04B,C08K

Claim:
1. A method of modifying the rheology of a lime slurry comprising the steps of: adding a rheology modifying agent to the lime slurry, wherein the rheology modifying agent comprises a member selected from the group consisting of a high molecular weight polymer having a number average molecular weight of greater than about 200,000, and a mixture of a low molecular weight anionic polymer having a number average molecular weight of less than about 20,000 and a high molecular weight polymer having a number average molecular weight of greater than about 200,000, wherein the high molecular weight polymer is added to the lime slurry in an amount ranging from about 0.1 ppm to about 10 ppm, and wherein the high molecular weight polymer is a copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide.