Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water-absorbing foamy crosslinked polymer. SOLUTION: The process for producing the polymer comprises a first step (I) of foaming a polymerizable aqueous mixture of (a) a monoethylene unsaturated monomer having an acid radical in which at least its 50 mol% is neutralized, (b) optionally other monoethylene unsaturated monomer, (c) a crosslinking agent, (d) an initiator, (e) 0.1-20 wt.% of at least one kind of surfactant, (f) optionally at least one kind of solubilizer, and (g) optionally, a thickener, foam stabilizer, polymerization regulator, filler and/or foam nucleus-forming agent, and of dispersing fine foams of inactive gas into the radical to carry out foaming, and a second step (II) of forming a foamy hydrogel and optionally adjusting a water content of the foamy polymer to 1-60 wt.% to polymerize the foamed mixture. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing homopolymers and copolymers of isobutene by the continuous cationic polymerization of isobutene or mixtures of isobutene with ethylenically unsaturated comonomers in the presence of an initiator system comprising: i) a Lewis acid selected among covalent metal-halogen compounds and covalent semimetal-halogen compounds; ii) at least one aprotic organic compound (I) having at least one functional group (FG) which, under polymerization conditions, forms a carbocation or a cationogenic complex with the Lewis acid, in an organic solvent that is inert to the Lewis acid. The inventive method is characterized in that the polymerization is carried out in a tubular continuous flow reactor that has a number of bends with an alternating bending direction.
Abstract:
A curved tubular flow reactor designed for carrying out chemical reactions continuously, for preparing mixtures and as a liquid-phase heat exchanger comprises a plurality of successive bends having alternating directions of curvature.
Abstract:
Water-absorbing foamlike crosslinked polymers which are obtainable by(I) foaming a polymerizable aqueous mixture which consists of(a) monoethylenically unsaturated monomers containing acid groups, which are at least 50 mol % neutralized,(b) with or without other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers,(c) crosslinker,(d) initiators,(e) from 0.1 to 20% by weight of at least one surfactant,(f) with or without one or more solubilizers and(g) with or without thickeners, foam stabilizers, polymerization regulators, fillers and/or cell nucleating agents,the foaming being performed by dispersing fine bubbles of a gas inert to free radicals, and(II) polymerizing the foamed mixture with formation of a foamed hydrogel, with or without adjusting the water content of the foamed polymer to from 1 to 60% by weight, processes for their preparation and their use in sanitary articles which are used for absorbing body fluids and in dressing materials for covering wounds are described.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the continuous production of a polymer dispersion by means of an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in a reactor. According to the invention, an emulsion of the monomer or of the monomers in an aqueous phase is fed into the reactor, and the average droplet size of the monomer drops which are emulsified in an aqueous phase ranges from 1 to 20 mu m according to the polymerization conditions. The method results in a polymer dispersion having a low coagulate content.
Abstract:
A curved tubular flow reactor designed for carrying out chemical reactions continuously, for preparing mixtures and as a liquid-phase heat exchanger comprises a plurality of successive bends having alternating directions of curvature.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the continuous production of a polymer dispersion, in which the dispersed particles have an average particle size of