Expandable elastomeric material in the presence of water or oil
US9303096B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08L83/04
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the preparation of an elastomer capable of swelling in oil and/or in water and brine comprising the steps of: a) making an aqueous inverse emulsion of particles of a polymer comprising a betaine group prepared by inverse emulsion polymerization of monomers Ab comprising a betaine group, optionally other monomers Ba and a small quantity of polyvalent, preferably divalent or trivalent monomers Ca, comprised in an aqueous phase dispersed in the form of droplets in a hydrophobic external phase having hydrophobic surfactants, the molar ratio of the monomers Ab to the optional monomers Ba being between 4/96 and 40/60, preferably 7/93 and 30/70, the molar ratio of the polyvalent, preferably divalent or trivalent monomers Ca per mole of polymer being between 1.5 and 10, preferably between 2 and 4, and b) compounding said elastomer with the aqueous inverse emulsion obtained by step a).
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