Cationic starch graft copolymers and novel process for the preparation of cationic starch graft copolymers
AssigneeKemira Oyj
InventorsBernd Hauschel, Bernd Thiele, Thomas Hübbe, Bernhard Jansen
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Abstract
A cationic starch graft copolymer is prepared by polymerization of monomers a) to d) a) 20-80% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide or mixtures thereof, b) 3-20% by weight of at least one basic or cationic vinyl monomer; c) 0.005-1.5% by weight of at least one bifunctional or higher-functional crosslinking agent, d) 0-10% by weight of at least one nonionic or anionic vinyl monomer which differs from the monomers mentioned under a) to c) in the presence of a grafting base e) e) 15˜70% by weight of at least one starch or one starch derivative, the sum of a) to e) being 100% by weight.
Claims3
A process for the preparation of a cationic starch graft polymer, comprising:
- subjecting the following monomers a) to d) and grafting base e) to free radical polymerization in water in the presence of free radical initiators:
- a) 20-80% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide, or mixtures thereof,
- b) 3-20% by weight of at least one basic or cationic vinyl monomer,
- c) 0.005-1.5% by weight of at least. one bifunctional or higher-functional crosslinking agent,
- d) 0-10% by weight of at least one nonionic or anionic vinyl monomer which differs from the monomers mentioned under a) to c),
- e) 15-70% by weight of at least one starch or one starch derivative,
- the sum of a) to e) being 100% by weight.
A process for the preparation of a cationic starch graft polymer, comprising:
- subjecting the following monomers a) to d) to free radical polymerization in the presence of component e),
- a) 20-80% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide or mixtures thereof,
- b) 3-20% by weight of at least one basic or cationic vinyl monomer,
- c) 0-1.5% by weight of at least one bifunctional or higher-functional, crosslinking agent,
- d) 0-10% by weight of at least one nonionic or anionic vinyl monomer which differs from the monomers mentioned under a) to c),
- e) 15-70% by weight of at least one starch or one starch derivative;
- wherein, in a first step, the component e), as the grafting base, is subjected to free radical polymerization in water with at least 30% by weight of the total amount of the component b) and then, in a second step, the other components a), c), d) and the remaining amount of b) are subjected to free radical polymerization in the presence of the reaction mixture formed in the first step, and the sum of a) to e) is 100% by weight.
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