Process for superabsorbent polymer and crosslinker composition
AssigneeEvonik Stockhausen GmbH
InventorsMatthias Naumann, Stanley A. McIntosh, Frank Schubert, Christoph Loick
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AssigneeEvonik Stockhausen GmbH
InventorsMatthias Naumann, Stanley A. McIntosh, Frank Schubert, Christoph Loick
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The present invention further relates to a process to make a superabsorbent polymer comprising the steps of a) preparing a neutralized monomer solution comprising a polymerizable monomer selected from unsaturated acid groups-containing monomers, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, salts, or derivatives thereof and a caustic agent selection from an alkali agent, wherein the polymerizable monomer is neutralized to from about 50 mol % to about 85 mol %; b) forming a crosslinker monomer mixture by adding an internal crosslinker composition to the neutralized monomer solution wherein the internal crosslinking composition is the reaction product of a stoichiometric excess of amine with a glycidyl compound, wherein the internal crosslinker composition has a residual amount of glycidyl compounds of less than about 500 ppm based on the mass of the internal crosslinker composition; and c) polymerizing the crosslinker monomer mixture to make a superabsorbent polymer.
A process to make a crosslinking composition comprising the steps of
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