(ZA9606205-A)      The prodn. of a chemically bonded medium comprises: (a) providing a cut elongate or finely divided organic macromolecular material; (b) partly thermally drying to give a hydrophobic surface and water content of not more than 10 wt.%; (c) subjecting some of (b) to vapour pressure equilibration under conditions in which water and other volatiles cannot escape to render the surface hydrophilic; (d) mixing the prod. of (c) with a liq. lignosulphate to form a coating on the hydrophilic surface; and (e) partially polymerising the lignosulphate to give a flowable, non-resilient, chemically bonded medium.    USE -   Used for processing resilient materials, e.g. peat wood-chips, cardboard, straw and plastics into useful materials, e.g. as additives to carbonaceous fuels to improve thermal energy emitted on combustion.    ADVANTAGE -   The use of lignosulphate results in a chemically bonded medium which is a substantially non-resilient, friable material but which may still be regenerated into a pressure-sensitive non-friable form by reactivation with, e.g. urea.    (GB2319257-A)      The prodn. of a chemically bonded medium comprises: (a) providing a cut elongate or finely divided organic macromolecular material; (b) partly thermally drying to give a hydrophobic surface and water content of not more than 10 wt.%; (c) subjecting some of (b) to vapour pressure equilibration under conditions in which water and other volatiles cannot escape to render the surface hydrophilic; (d) mixing the prod. of (c) with a liq. lignosulphate to form a coating on the hydrophilic surface; and (e) partially polymerising the lignosulphate to give a flowable, non-resilient, chemically bonded medium.    USE -   Used for processing resilient materials, e.g. peat wood-chips, cardboard, straw and plastics into useful materials, e.g. as additives to carbonaceous fuels to improve thermal energy emitted on combustion.    ADVANTAGE -   The use of lignosulphate results in a chemically bonded medium which is a substantially non-resilient, friable material but which may still be regenerated into a pressure-sensitive non-friable form by reactivation with, e.g. urea.    (EP848743-A1)      The prodn. of a chemically bonded medium comprises: (a) providing a cut elongate or finely divided organic macromolecular material; (b) partly thermally drying to give a hydrophobic surface and water content of not more than 10 wt.%; (c) subjecting some of (b) to vapour pressure equilibration under conditions in which water and other volatiles cannot escape to render the surface hydrophilic; (d) mixing the prod. of (c) with a liq. lignosulphate to form a coating on the hydrophilic surface; and (e) partially polymerising the lignosulphate to give a flowable, non-resilient, chemically bonded medium.    USE -   Used for processing resilient materials, e.g. peat wood-chips, cardboard, straw and plastics into useful materials, e.g. as additives to carbonaceous fuels to improve thermal energy emitted on combustion.    ADVANTAGE -   The use of lignosulphate results in a chemically bonded medium which is a substantially non-resilient, friable material but which may still be regenerated into a pressure-sensitive non-friable form by reactivation with, e.g. urea.    (GB2319257-B)      The prodn. of a chemically bonded medium comprises: (a) providing a cut elongate or finely divided organic macromolecular material; (b) partly thermally drying to give a hydrophobic surface and water content of not more than 10 wt.%; (c) subjecting some of (b) to vapour pressure equilibration under conditions in which water and other volatiles cannot escape to render the surface hydrophilic; (d) mixing the prod. of (c) with a liq. lignosulphate to form a coating on the hydrophilic surface; and (e) partially polymerising the lignosulphate to give a flowable, non-resilient, chemically bonded medium.    USE -   Used for processing resilient materials, e.g. peat wood-chips, cardboard, straw and plastics into useful materials, e.g. as additives to carbonaceous fuels to improve thermal energy emitted on combustion.    ADVANTAGE -   The use of lignosulphate results in a chemically bonded medium which is a substantially non-resilient, friable material but which may still be regenerated into a pressure-sensitive non-friable form by reactivation with, e.g. urea.    (EP848743-B1)      The prodn. of a chemically bonded medium comprises: (a) providing a cut elongate or finely divided organic macromolecular material; (b) partly thermally drying to give a hydrophobic surface and water content of not more than 10 wt.%; (c) subjecting some of (b) to vapour pressure equilibration under conditions in which water and other volatiles cannot escape to render the surface hydrophilic; (d) mixing the prod. of (c) with a liq. lignosulphate to form a coating on the hydrophilic surface; and (e) partially polymerising the lignosulphate to give a flowable, non-resilient, chemically bonded medium.    USE -   Used for processing resilient materials, e.g. peat wood-chips, cardboard, straw and plastics into useful materials, e.g. as additives to carbonaceous fuels to improve thermal energy emitted on combustion.    ADVANTAGE -   The use of lignosulphate results in a chemically bonded medium which is a substantially non-resilient, friable material but which may still be regenerated into a pressure-sensitive non-friable form by reactivation with, e.g. urea.    (JP11510528-W)      The prodn. of a chemically bonded medium comprises: (a) providing a cut elongate or finely divided organic macromolecular material; (b) partly thermally drying to give a hydrophobic surface and water content of not more than 10 wt.%; (c) subjecting some of (b) to vapour pressure equilibration under conditions in which water and other volatiles cannot escape to render the surface hydrophilic; (d) mixing the prod. of (c) with a liq. lignosulphate to form a coating on the hydrophilic surface; and (e) partially polymerising the lignosulphate to give a flowable, non-resilient, chemically bonded medium.    USE -   Used for processing resilient materials, e.g. peat wood-chips, cardboard, straw and plastics into useful materials, e.g. as additives to carbonaceous fuels to improve thermal energy emitted on combustion.    ADVANTAGE -   The use of lignosulphate results in a chemically bonded medium which is a substantially non-resilient, friable material but which may still be regenerated into a pressure-sensitive non-friable form by reactivation with, e.g. urea.