Abstract:
A highly absorbent polymer comprises water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles having carboxyl or carboxylate groups, characterised in that said water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles have an absorbing capacity satisfying the following requirements (i) to (iii), said absorbing capacity being imparted by enhancing the crosslinking density of the surfaces of said Water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles: (i) the equilibrium swelling physiological saline absorption is 40 g/g (polymer) or more; (ii) the physiological saline absorption is 3 ml or more as determined by swelling 0.3 g of the polymer with physiological saline for 10 sec; and (iii) the time taken for 5ml of physiological saline to pass through a cylinder (internal diameter: 10mm) having a cross- sectional area of 0.785 cm is 40 sec or less after 0.05 g of the polymer is packed together with physiological saline into the cylinder and swollen with the physiological saline, reaches an equilibrium swelling physiological saline absorption and settles in a swollen state.
Abstract:
A process for producing polymer particles with an irregular shape by polymerises a water-soluble polymerizable monomer in a system comprising a hydrophobic organic solvent inert to the polymerization and an aqueous solution of the water-soluble polymerizable monomer, characterized in that the system further contains an anionic surfactant.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method of manufacturing polymer particles of indeterminate form, characterized in that a cationic surface active agent or an amphoteric surface active agent is present as a dispersant when a water-soluble polymerizable monomer is polymerized by using an inert hydrophobic organic solvent and an aqueous solution of the water-soluble polymerizable monomer. According to the manufacturing method of the present invention, polymer particles of indeterminate form useful as a water absorbing resin having a low apparent specific gravity, a high water absorption degree including a high initial water absorption rate, a high gas-permeability, a high liquid-permeability and a high post-water-absorption gel strength, and, especially, as a water absorbing resin for the production of an absorption body for a sanitary material contacting a human body, such as a sanitary napkin, a paper diaper, shorts for adults, a tampon and sanitary cotton can be obtained by a simple operation with a high productivity and on a mass-production basis.
Abstract:
A process for producing polymer particles with an irregular shape by polymerises a water-soluble polymerizable monomer in a system comprising a hydrophobic organic solvent inert to the polymerization and an aqueous solution of the water-soluble polymerizable monomer, characterized in that the system further contains an anionic surfactant.
Abstract:
A highly absorbent polymer comprises water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles having carboxyl or carboxylate groups, characterised in that said water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles have an absorbing capacity satisfying the following requirements (i) to (iii), said absorbing capacity being imparted by enhancing the crosslinking density of the surfaces of said Water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles: (i) the equilibrium swelling physiological saline absorption is 40 g/g (polymer) or more; (ii) the physiological saline absorption is 3 ml or more as determined by swelling 0.3 g of the polymer with physiological saline for 10 sec; and (iii) the time taken for 5ml of physiological saline to pass through a cylinder (internal diameter: 10mm) having a cross- sectional area of 0.785 cm is 40 sec or less after 0.05 g of the polymer is packed together with physiological saline into the cylinder and swollen with the physiological saline, reaches an equilibrium swelling physiological saline absorption and settles in a swollen state.
Abstract:
A highly absorbent polymer comprises water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles having carboxyl or carboxylate groups, characterised in that said water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles have an absorbing capacity satisfying the following requirements (i) to (iii), said absorbing capacity being imparted by enhancing the crosslinking density of the surfaces of said Water-insoluble, hydrophilic, crosslinked polymer particles: (i) the equilibrium swelling physiological saline absorption is 40 g/g (polymer) or more; (ii) the physiological saline absorption is 3 ml or more as determined by swelling 0.3 g of the polymer with physiological saline for 10 sec; and (iii) the time taken for 5ml of physiological saline to pass through a cylinder (internal diameter: 10mm) having a cross- sectional area of 0.785 cm is 40 sec or less after 0.05 g of the polymer is packed together with physiological saline into the cylinder and swollen with the physiological saline, reaches an equilibrium swelling physiological saline absorption and settles in a swollen state.
Abstract:
The process of the present invention for producing polymer particles with an irregular shape by polymerizing a water-soluble polymerizable monomer in a system comprising a hydrophobic organic solvent inert to the polymerization and an aqueous solution of the water-soluble polymerizable monomer is characterized in that the system a glycoside compound having such a structure that the hydrogen atom of the hemiacetal bond in the compound has been substituted for a hydrophobic group, or a gluconamide compound as a dispersant.
Abstract:
PCT No. PCT/JP95/01602 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 30, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 30, 1996 PCT Filed Aug. 10, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/05234 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 22, 1996A process for producing an improved super absorbent polymer is disclosed. The process comprises adding to a water-retained super absorbent polymer retaining 10 to 100 parts by weight of water per 100 parts by weight of the super absorbent polymer, (a) a polyfunctional compound having two or more reactive groups and selected from a hydrophilic polymer or a metallic compound in an amount of 0.005 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the super absorbent polymer, and (b) a crosslinking agent having two or more functional groups capable of reacting with the polyfunctional compound at a weight ratio of the polyfunctional compound to the crosslinking agent of 0.1 to 30; mixing; and allowing the mixture to react by heating.
Abstract:
A SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CHELATING COMPOUND (A) WHICH HAS A SITE CAPABLE OF FORMING A CHELATE WITH A COPPER ION AND WHOSE COPPER SALT HAS A SOLUBILITY IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SALINE AT 25ºC OF 0.01% BY WEIGHT OR LESS AND A SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMER (B), WHEREIN THE CHELATING COMPOUND (A) IS PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM 0.0001 TO 30 PARTS BY WEIGHT PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SAID SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMER (B).