50 relative humidity rh paper samples were cut to 9 34 u00d7 11 34 and coated with the test solutions kept at 60 u00b0 c on an rk mechanical coater testing machine inc amityville n y the weight of coating 34 pick up 34 was determined and the sized paper was dried using a photoprint drier the samples were then re conditioned at 23 u00b0 c and 50 rh for 24 hours prior to testing porosity of the test papers was determined using both the gurley densometer no 4110 oil filled and no 4120 mercury filled from testing machine inc amityville n y according to t a p p i standard t460 om 83 and t536 cm 85 respectively these instruments measure the time in seconds for a given volume of air e g 10 cc or 100 cc to penetrate the paper specimen test area 1 0 sq in the invention is further defined by reference to the following examples which are intended to be illustrative and not limiting ______________________________________evaluation of starchand low acyl gellan gumingredients wt ______________________________________hydroxyethyl starch ether 8 000low acyl gellan gum 0 050 0 1calcium sulfate dihydrate 0 104deionized water to 100 100 000______________________________________ the starch gellan gum and caso 4 2h 2 o were blended and added to the deionized water in a 500 cc reaction flask connected to a stirrer condenser heating mantle and thermometer the mixture was heated with agitation to 100 u00b0.