KGM is readily dissolved in water and it can absorb 100-fold as much as water in volume. Its water solution is a pseudo-plastic liquid, characterized by shear thinning. One particle of konjac powder consists of extremely long thread-like macromolecules tangled together.
Perhaps, the biggest winners of Citizens United are Charles and David Koch, owners of the second-largest privately run business in America Koch Industries. Among other things, the Koch brothers own oil refineries in Texas, Alaska, and Minnesota and control some 4,000 miles of pipeline. According to Forbes Magazine, the Koch brothers are now worth $80 billion, and have increased their wealth by $12 billion since last year alone. For the Koch brothers, $80 billion in wealth, apparently, is not good enough. Owning the second largest private company in America is, apparently, not good enough. For the Koch brothers, $80 billion in wealth, apparently, is not good enough.
Koch Industries, Inc. Privately-held Koch Industries is a diversified holdings company and the second largest private company in the United States.