Patent ID: 8747615

Claim:
A method of forming a paper product, comprising: drying a paper precursor during a papermaking process to form a dried material, wherein the paper precursor comprises water, pulp and a volatile debonder, wherein the volatile debonder is selected from the group consisting of tripropylene glycol n-butyl ether, tripropylene glycol methyl ether, propylene glycol n-butyl ether and dipropylene glycol n-butyl ether, wherein the pulp comprises cellulose fibers, wherein the volatile debonder is present in an amount effective to reduce bonding of the cellulose fibers of the pulp, wherein the volatile debonder evaporates during the drying step, wherein the dried material contains no detectable debonder residua when detected using thermogravimetric mass spectrometry and wherein bonding between the cellulose fibers is decreased when compared with a paper product formed in the absence of the volatile debonder.