then put into an oil bath and mixed to allow the copolymer to dissolve next the sugar water mixture was added into the copolymer mixture and the time was started the ul adapter was then lowered into the mixture and the brookfield viscometer was turned on to a speed of 60 the brookfield viscometer had been earlier calibrated with water the readings form the brookfield were not recorded until after the time had reached 9 minutes to allow the ul adapter to settle the time was then recorded after each minute the only other change in procedure occurred when the naoh was added 50 w w naoh in water solution 31 mm of naoh or 1 gram of the naoh in water solution was added into the sugar water mixture before adding it to the copolymer mixture in several studies of the effect of the compositions of the present invention upon wet and dry strength of paper a sample of pvoh pvam 12 wt vam medium molecular weight was dissolved at 4 wt in distilled water a sample of glucose was also dissolved at 4 wt in distilled water these samples were applied to whatman 4 filter paper from a 6.