Method for producing polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin

Abstract

To provide a method for producing a water-absorbing resin by which problems caused by addition of a particulate additive or water-absorbing resin fine powder can be prevented and a water-absorbing resin having high physical properties can be stably and efficiently obtained. A method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin, the method including: an aqueous monomer solution preparation step for preparing an aqueous solution containing a monomer having an acrylic acid (salt) as a main component; a polymerization step for polymerizing the monomer to obtain a hydrogel-forming crosslinked polymer; and a drying step for drying the hydrogel-forming crosslinked polymer to obtain a dry polymer, wherein the method further includes an adding step for adding a particulate additive to the aqueous monomer solution and/or the hydrogel-forming crosslinked polymer, and in the adding step, an oxygen concentration in an ambient atmosphere of the particulate additive is set to 5% by volume or less.

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