Sheet product containing sorbent particulate material
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1. A sorbent sheet product comprising a coherent web of entangled melt blown fibers and an array of solid high-sorbency liquid-sorbent polymeric particles uniformly dispersed and physically held within the web, said particles swelling upon sorption of liquid and the web expanding as the particles swell with sorbed liquid.
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New sorbent sheet products are prepared comprising a coherent web of entangled blown fibers prepared by extruding liquid fiber-forming material into a high-velocity gaseous stream and an array of super absorbent polymeric particles dispersed within the web.
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- 1. A sorbent sheet product comprising a coherent web of entangled melt blown fibers and an array of solid high-sorbency liquid-sorbent polymeric particles uniformly dispersed and physically held within the web, said particles swelling upon sorption of liquid and the web expanding as the particles swell with sorbed liquid.
- 8. A sorbent sheet product comprising a coherent web of entangled melt-blown organic polymeric microfibers averaging less than about 20 micrometers in diameter and an array of solid sorbent particles dispersed and physically held in the web, the particles accounting for at least about 20 volume-percent of the solid content of the sheet product and being capable of sorbing about 20 or more times their weight of a liquid, and the web being capable of expanding at least 3 times its original thickness as the particles sorb liquid.
- 13. A sorbent sheet product comprising a coherent web of entangled melt-blown organic polymeric microfibers averaging less than about 10 micrometers in diameter, an array of solid sorbent particles uniformly dispersed and physically held within the web, and a surfactant which assists wetting of the web by water, the sorbent particles accounting for at least about 20 volume-percent of the solid content of the sheet product, and sorbing about 20 or more times their weight of water, and the sheet product being capable of expanding at least 3 times its original thickness as the particles sorb water.
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