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Highly absorbent modified polysaccharides

US4028290A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 1975
Grant dateJun 7, 1977
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Expiry dateOct 23, 1995

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F251/00
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Modified polysaccharides having greatly increased water-absorbing and binding capacity are prepared by reacting a polysaccharide such as cellulose or starch in the presence of acrylamide, another vinyl monomer and a divinyl crosslinking monomer using free radical polymerization techniques. The product is believed to be a complex mixture of crosslinked grafted polysaccharide and acrylamide copolymers.

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