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US 12,179,172 B2Granted
Method of preparing superabsorbent polymer and superabsorbent polymer
AssigneeLG Chem, Ltd.
InventorsYong Seok Choi, Yeon Woo Hong, Eunji Shin, Taebin Ahn
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Abstract
Provided are a superabsorbent polymer and a preparation method thereof. More particularly, provided are a superabsorbent polymer including a fine powder reassembly, wherein the superabsorbent polymer exhibits excellent absorption performances and absorption rate, and does not cause deterioration of physical properties such as water retention capacity (CRC) or absorbency under pressure (AUP), and a preparation method thereof.
Claims6
A method of preparing a fine powder reassembly, the method comprising:
- performing thermal polymerization or photo-polymerization of a monomer composition including a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a polymerization initiator to prepare a water-containing gel polymer;
- drying, pulverizing, and size-sorting the water-containing gel polymer to classify the water-containing gel polymer into a fine powder having a particle size of less than 150 μm and a normal particle having a particle size of 150 μm to 850 μm;
- mixing a fiber of a fluff pulp and a synthetic polymeric fiber with the fine powder and water to prepare a fine powder aqueous solution, wherein the fine powder aqueous solution includes the fiber in an amount of 1 part by weight or more to less than 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the fine powder;
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- stirring the fine powder aqueous solution to prepare the fine powder reassembly, wherein the fiber has a width of 1 μm to 80 μm.
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