Superabsorbent polymer and the method of fabricating the same

US10731024B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-10731024-B2
Application numberUS-201715831349-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 4, 2017
Priority dateMar 31, 2017
Publication dateAug 4, 2020
Grant dateAug 4, 2020

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A superabsorbent polymer includes polymer particles, surface cross-linking agents and particles made of silicon-containing inorganic salt. The polymer particles have cross-linking inside the polymer particles. The surface cross-linking agents are covalently bound to the surface of the polymer particles so as to constitute a surface cross-linked region at the surface of each said resin particle, and the particles made of silicon-containing inorganic salt cover the surface of the polymer particles.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for producing a superabsorbent polymer, comprising: providing an acid-based monomer aqueous solution and performing a radical polymerization reaction to obtain a superabsorbent polymer having an internal crosslinking structure; cutting said superabsorbent polymer to obtain a plurality of superabsorbent polymer particles; adding a surface cross-linking agent to a surface of each of said superabsorbent polymer particles and performing a heat treatment so as to constitute a surface cross-linked region at the surface of each said resin particle; and coating said surface of each of said superabsorbent polymer particles with an aqueous solution having silicon-containing inorganic salt-containing particles, wherein a pH value of said aqueous solution having said silicon-containing inorganic salt-containing particles is between 4 and 6.5. 2. The method for producing a superabsorbent polymer of claim 1 , wherein a weight percentage of said aqueous solution having said silicon-containing inorganic salt-containing particles to said superabsorbent polymer particles is between 0.5% to 20%. 3. The method for producing a superabsorbent polymer of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of alumina to silicon oxide in said silicon-containing inorganic salt-containing particles is between 0.7 and 0.95. 4. The method for producing a superabsorbent polymer of claim 1 , wherein each of said silicon-containing inorganic salt-containing particles has a particle size between 1 and 10 μm. 5. The method for producing a superabsorbent polymer of claim 1 , wherein each of said silicon-containing inorganic salt-containing particles is composed of kaolinite.

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  • A61L15/18Primary

    containing inorganic materials · CPC title

  • Silicon-containing compounds · CPC title

  • Powdering or granulating · CPC title

  • Acrylic acid; Methacrylic acid; Metal salts or ammonium salts thereof · CPC title

  • Natural alumino-silicates, e.g. zeolites · CPC title

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What does patent US10731024B2 cover?
A superabsorbent polymer includes polymer particles, surface cross-linking agents and particles made of silicon-containing inorganic salt. The polymer particles have cross-linking inside the polymer particles. The surface cross-linking agents are covalently bound to the surface of the polymer particles so as to constitute a surface cross-linked region at the surface of each said resin particle,…
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Formosa Plastics Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A61L15/18. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
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Publication date Tue Aug 04 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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