Generally, zirconium, titanium or boron are utilized as crosslinking agents that can be used to crosslink cationic polysaccharides prepared from polysaccharides such as guar gum and its derivatives, including hydroxypropyl guar (HPG), carboxymethyl guar (CMG) and carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar (CMHPG).Suitable titanium compounds used as crosslinking agents, for example, are those titanium (II), t