Patent ID: 7687619
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: C08J,C08L,D06M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A room temperature stable aqueous polysaccharide solution comprising: a polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of agarose, dextrans, cyclodextrins and blends thereof, dissolved in water and having a concentration in the aqueous solution between about 0.1% to about 20%; a gel-inhibiting agent selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, zinc chloride and mixtures thereof, present in an amount about 18 to about 54% by weight, based on the dissolving solution, and an anionic fluorosurfactant having a concentration about 0.001% to about 10% by total weight of the aqueous solution.