Method for producing low-odor hydrogel-forming polymers
First Claim
1. A process for preparing a low-odor hydrogel-forming acrylic acid polymer, which comprises the steps of:
- a) preparing a polymeric hydrogel by free-radically polymerizing a monomer composition comprising at least 50% by weight of acrylic acid in an aqueous polymerization medium and converting said hydrogel into a particulate hydrogel or into hydrogel-forming powder; and
optionally b) treating said particulate hydrogel or said hydrogel-forming powder with a crosslinking substance which, actually or latently, contain at least two functional groups capable of reacting with the carboxyl groups on the addition polymer;
characterized by the acrylic acid used in step a) containing less than 400 ppm (by weight, based on acrylic acid) of volatile saturated carboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of acetic acid and propionic acid.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a process for preparing a low-odor hydrogel-forming acrylic acid polymer, which comprises the steps of: a) preparing a polymeric hydrogel by free-radically polymerizing a monomer composition comprising at least 50% by weight of acrylic acid in an aqueous polymerization medium and converting said hydrogel into a particulate hydrogel or into hydrogel-forming powder; and optionally b) treating said particulate hydrogel or said hydrogel-forming powder with a crosslinking substance which, actually or latently, contain at least two functional groups capable of reacting with the carboxyl groups on the addition polymer; characterized by the acrylic acid used in step a) containing less than 400 ppm of acetic acid and propionic acid. It further relates to the hydrogel-forming addition polymers obtainable by the process and to their use.
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1. A process for preparing a low-odor hydrogel-forming acrylic acid polymer, which comprises the steps of:
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a) preparing a polymeric hydrogel by free-radically polymerizing a monomer composition comprising at least 50% by weight of acrylic acid in an aqueous polymerization medium and converting said hydrogel into a particulate hydrogel or into hydrogel-forming powder; and
optionallyb) treating said particulate hydrogel or said hydrogel-forming powder with a crosslinking substance which, actually or latently, contain at least two functional groups capable of reacting with the carboxyl groups on the addition polymer;
characterized by the acrylic acid used in step a) containing less than 400 ppm (by weight, based on acrylic acid) of volatile saturated carboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of acetic acid and propionic acid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
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7. A method for preparing a low-odor hydrogel-forming acrylic acid polymer comprising using an acrylic acid having a propionic acid and acetic acid content of less than 400 ppm as a starting material.
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