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4,090,013
5/ 1978
C. Witte
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ABSTRACT
References Cited
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18 Claims, N0 Drawings
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acrylic esters).
Disclosed herein is a process to make the absorbent
composition of matter disclosed herein. A container is
supplied with a ?rst mixture of acrylic acid; a cross-link
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to absorbent polymeric materi
in absorbent articles.
In formulating absorbent polymeric materials for use
in household absorbent articles it is important that the
absorbent material absorb many times its weight in
water, that the material not become slimy (i.e., maintain
a high viscosity) when it has absorbed the water and not
migrate from the article in which it is placed. It is essen
tial that the absorbent material hold the water absorbed
under pressure and that the absorbent material maintain
its cross-linked polymeric construction and not be dis
BACKGROUND ART
The background art teaches a variety of polymeric
absorbent materials. US. Pat. No. 4,090,013 issued to
DESCRIPTION
One aspect of this invention is an absorbent composi
mer.
polyelectrolytes.
Compositions using zinc are taught in the Back
on Oct. 1, 1968.
acrylic acid.
Use of vinyl cross-linking agents is taught in US. Pat.
about 15%.
weight.
al. on Aug. 22, 1972 and US. Pat. No. 3,366,582 issued
to Adams et al. on Jan. 30, 1968.
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sodium hydroxide.
the stirrer for about one hour until a thick gel forms as
H C=O
Na-O
e2
'
CH2
il
0
l
H
,,
c=o
HI \ Hl
c-c
C=O
Hl HI
O-Na
EXAMPLE I
The following materials were placed in a nitrogen
atmosphere in a one liter reaction vessel equipped with
a stirrer, condenser and nitrogen inlet held in a water
bath at 60 C.:
HI HI
c--cc
c-c
,.
t|3=o
c=o
0-Na
O-Na
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impedes absorption.
In the preferred embodiment, the divalent cation is
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tion or applied directly to the ?rst ply and will hold the ,
polymer.
EXAMPLE II
25 nia), was added to the air stream and the ?bers were
across the inlet of a vacuum box; grinding the absorbent 60 mers which are subsequently dried result in a combina
roll; or any other conventional means used to apply a 65 in a product with a relatively low rate of absorption,
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TABLE II
Absorbent Composition in
the Sheet (Grams)
Sample 2
0 (Blank)
0.1
35.9
41.7
36.3
39.4
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.6
42.7
44.4
46.1
50.5
41.6
46.4
44.4
46.6
10 cc of water is poured on a resin saturated cellulose H Lit tion will work in any article used to absorb large
TCV (cc)
0 (Blank)
0.075
0.150
0.225
0.300
0.450
20
-
22.5
27.5
27.5
30.0
32.5
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acrylic acid, Z-hyclroxyethyl methacrylate, acrylamide,
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position comprising:
hour;
strontium comprises 10 to 16 weight percent of said 20 ing of tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, ethylene glycol
composition.
tion.
30
35
45
50
55
65
i!
=1!