The invention discloses a polycarboxylic acid
slump retaining agent modified by a phenyl hydroxyl composite ATRP method and a preparation method thereof. In the preparation process, firstly 5-10 partsof
benzene rings, 7-16 parts of hydroxyl monomers, 0.7-1.6 parts of ligands, 0.02-0.1 part of a catalyst, 3-5 parts of an emulsifier and 300 parts of water are added into a first reaction kettle, and1.1-2.2 parts of an initiator is dropwise added protectively at the
inert atmosphere of 80-95 DEG C to prepare a block
polymer I; a polyether
macromonomer and
alkyl acrylate are dropwise added into the block
polymer I to react at 55-70 DEG C and keep the temperature to prepare a
polymer II; and liquid caustic soda with the
mass fraction of 30% is added into the polymer II until the pH value of the
reaction system is about 10 and the temperature is kept at 60 DEG C until the pH value of the
system is stable to obtain the polycarboxylic acid
slump retaining agent. The prepared polycarboxylic acid
slump retaining agent is narrow in molecular
mass distribution gradient, high in effective component content and excellent in performance and has high
dispersity and slump retaining property, and the slump retaining agent is endowed with additional water
reducing capacity due to the hydration inhibition capacity of hydroxyl.