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Particulate water-absorbent polymer and production method thereof

a water-absorbing polymer and particulate technology, applied in the field of particulate water-absorbing polymers, can solve the problems of increasing the extractable content, reducing the absorbing ability, and not being able to achieve sufficient improvement, etc., to achieve the effect of improving urine tolerance, reducing the amount of additives, and no positive effect on absorbing ability

Active Publication Date: 2009-10-29
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO LTD
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[0037]An object of the present invention is to provide (i) a safe water-absorbent polymer being produced at low cost and having excellent long-term color stability and (ii) a method of producing water-absorbent polymer particles having the long-term color stability.
[0038]Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently producing a water-absorbent polymer having excellent physical properties while preventing the water-absorbent polymer from deteriorating or being colored by drying at a high temperature or surface-crosslinking at a high temperature.
[0039]The inventors of the present invention diligently worked in order to attain the object. As a result, the inventors of the present invention found that a water-absorbent particle having the improved urine tolerance and remarkably improved long-term color stability is obtained at low cost without deterioration during polymerization, by allowing in advance an organic phosphorous compound to coexist in a monomer aqueous solution that is capable of forming the water-absorbent polymer by polymerization, polymerizing the monomer aqueous solution so as to obtain a hydrogel polymer, and then drying the obtained hydrogel polymer. Based on the finding, the inventors of the present invention have accomplished the present invention.

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However, none of the above-described methods could make a sufficient improvement in the coloration, and they rather have had such problems as a property deterioration, a cost increase, and depending on a compound to be used, a safety problem.
Further, in a case where the water-absorbent polymer is dried at a high temperature or surface-crosslinked at a high temperature (for example, 150° C. or more), the water-absorbent polymer is often colored or thermally deteriorated (for example, extractable content increases).

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[0210]In a reactor formed by attaching a cover to a double-arm type stainless kneader having a capacity of 10 liters and equipped with two sigma type blades and a jacket, a reaction liquid was obtained by dissolving 0.10 mol % (with respect to a total monomer) of polyethylene glycol diacrylate to 5500 g of sodium acrylate aqueous solution (monomer concentration was 37.7 wt %, iron content (based on Fe2O3) was 0.1 ppm by mass, p-methoxyphenol content was 50 ppm by mass, protoanemonin and / or furfural content were N.D. (not detectable)) having a neutralization ratio of 75 mol %. In the polyethylene glycol diacrylate serving as an internal crosslinking agent, an average addition molar number n of ethyleneoxide was 8.2. Next, a monomer solution was added to the sigma type double-arm kneader while being maintained at 35° C., and thereafter, nitrogen gas was blown into the kneader so as to replace inside air with nitrogen so that oxygen dissolved in a system was not more than 1 ppm by mass...

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[0212]The water-absorbent polymer was produced with use of an apparatus illustrated in FIG. 3 of United States Patent Application Publication No. 2004 / 0092688.

[0213]With use of an apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 of aforementioned United States Patent Application Publication No. 2004 / 0092688, a monomer solution 20 was prepared by adjusting (i) 48.5 wt % aqueous sodium hydroxide (iron content (based on Fe2O3) was 0.5 ppm by mass) so that a flow rate thereof was 5.12 g / s, (ii) acrylic acid (p-methoxyphenol content was 80 ppm by mass, protoanemonin content and / or furfural content were N.D. (not detectable)) so that the flow rate thereof was 6.10 g / s, (iii) 30 wt % polyethylene glycol diacrylate aqueous solution (I) so that the flow rate thereof was 0.15 g / s, (iv) a solution (II) obtained by mixing 50.0 parts by mass of 1.0 wt % 2-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpropiophenone acrylic acid solution and 50.0 parts by mass of 0.5 wt % trisodium diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid aqueous solution so ...

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[0216]In a reactor formed by attaching a cover to a double-arm type stainless kneader having a capacity of 10 liters and equipped with two sigma type blades and a jacket, a reaction liquid was obtained by dissolving 0.10 mol % (with respect to a total monomer) of polyethylene glycol diacrylate to 5500 g of sodium acrylate aqueous solution (monomer concentration was 37.7 wt %, iron content (based on Fe2O3) was 0.1 ppm by mass, p-methoxyphenol content was 50 ppm by mass, protoanemonin and / or furfural content were N.D. (not detectable)) having a neutralization ratio of 75 mol %. In the polyethylene glycol diacrylate serving as an internal crosslinking agent, an average addition molar number n of ethyleneoxide was 8.2. Next, a monomer solution was added to the sigma type double-arm kneader while being maintained at 35° C., and thereafter, nitrogen gas was blown into the kneader so as to replace inside air with nitrogen so that oxygen dissolved in a system was not more than 1 ppm by mass...

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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a particulate water-absorbent polymer particle having remarkably improved long-term color stability, without an adverse effect (such as a delay in polymerization) on synthesis of the particulate water-absorbent polymer. The method includes the steps of polymerizing a monomer aqueous solution (B) containing (i) at least one type of monomer (A) that is capable of forming a particulate water-absorbent polymer by polymerization, (ii) at least one type of crosslinking agent, (iii) at least one type of polymerization initiator and (iv) an organophosphorus compound in an amount of not less than 1 but not more than 100 ppm by mass with respect to the monomer (A) so as to form a hydrogel polymer, and drying the hydrogel polymer. The method enables to provide an excellent particulate water-absorbent polymer that realizes (i) long-term color stability and improvement in urine tolerance and (ii) absorbing property, which are in such a trade-off relationship. In this way, the above object is attained.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a particulate water-absorbent polymer having an excellent urine tolerance and long-term color stability, and a method for producing the particulate water-absorbent polymer.[0002]More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing a particulate water-absorbent polymer having a remarkably improved urine tolerance and remarkably improved long-term color stability without an adverse effect (such as a delay in polymerization) on synthesis of the water-absorbent polymer, by allowing a slight amount of organic phosphorous compound to coexist within a monomer aqueous solution.[0003]The particulate water-absorbent polymer obtainable in the present invention, the particulate water-absorbent polymer having the improved urine tolerance and the long-term color stability, is suitable for use in a sanitary material such as a disposable diaper. The particulate water-absorbent polymer keeps its clean-imaged white condition ev...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C08K5/49
CPCC08F2/44C08F220/06C08J2300/14C08J3/075C08J3/12C08F222/1006C08F222/102
Inventor IKEUCHI, HIROYUKINAGASAWA, MAKOTO
Owner NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO LTD
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