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Water absorbing resin with improved internal structure and manufacturing method therefor

US8383746B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 2007
Grant dateFeb 26, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2982
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

According to the present invention, the manufacturing method for the water absorbing resin involves the step of polymerizing a water-soluble unsaturated monomer, 0.06 of 5 mol % of which is composed of an internal crosslinking agent; and the step of drying a water-containing gel which has a thermally decomposing radical initiator content index of 40 to 100 at 100 to 250° C. The water absorbing resin of the present invention contains a water-soluble unsaturated monomer as a repeat unit for a major chain, 90 mol % of the monomer being composed of an acrylic acid and/or salt thereof, the resin having an internal crosslinking structure and exhibiting a weight-average molecular weight Mw of 360,000 to 1,000,000 daltons and an intrinsic viscosity IV of 2.1 to 6.0 dL/g where the weight-average molecular weight Mw and the intrinsic viscosity IV are measured after treatment under set 2 of hydrolysis conditions.

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