of water sorbed declines as impurities are included in the water alkylstyrene sorbent particles such as marketed by dow chemical company under the trademark 34 imbiber beads 34 are useful for sorbing liquids other than water they tend to sorb 5 to 10 times or more their weight of such liquids in general the sorbent particles should sorb at least their own weight of liquid the sorbent particles may vary in size at least from 50 to 3000 micrometers in average diameter preferably the particles are between 75 and 1500 micrometers in average diameter the amount of sorbent particles included in a sheet product of the invention will depend on the particular use to be made of the product and will involve balancing the amount of sorbency desired with other properties such as integrity or strength of the web or desired web thickness generally sorbent particles account for at least about 20 g m 2 for 100 g m 2 of the blown fiber more typically 150 to 300 g m 2 for 100 g m 2 of the blown fiber and can account for as much as 500 g m 2 or more for 100 g m 2 of the blown fiber to achieve high loading of sorbent particles a binding material is preferably added to the product the binding material should be sufficiently sticky to tack the.