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Process for producing crosslinked polymer particles

US4908392A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 1989
Grant dateMar 13, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F291/00
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for producing crosslinked polymer particles which comprises a first step of polymerizing a polymerizable monomer containing from 0.1 to 2.0% by weight, based on the entire polymerizable monomer, of a crosslinkable monomer in a medium in which the polymerizable monomer is soluble but the resulting polymer is insoluble, to obtain crosslinked polymer particles having a particle size of from 0.8 to 10 .mu.m, and a second step of letting the crosslinked polymer particles absorb from 1 to 50 times by weight of a polymerizable monomer containing from 2 to 100% by weight, based on the entire polymerizable monomer, of a crosslinkable monomer in an aqueous medium, followed by polymerization to obtain crosslinked polymer particles having a particle size of from 1 to 30 .mu.m and a crosslinking degree of from 1.0 to 98%.

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