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Process for the continuous production of polymers and copolymers of water-soluble monomers

  • US 4,857,610 A
  • Filed: 12/16/1986
  • Issued: 08/15/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a process for the continuous production of polymers and copolymers of water-soluble monomers, by polymerization of an aqueous monomer solution containing 2.2-8.3 moles of polymerizable double bonds per kilo of monomer solution at a temperature in the range from about -10 to 120°

  • C., the liquid reaction components being applied in a layer at least one centimeter thick on a moving endless conveyor belt and polymerized, the improvement which comprises adding the liquid reaction components to a trough formed by the moving conveyor belt, the trough shape of the conveyor belt being continuously changed to an extended and flat profile during the polymerization of the reaction components, and the resulting polymer gel strand being continuously released from the side edges towards the center of the trough formed by the conveyor belt, as the curved trough shape of the conveyor belt changes to the extended, flat profile, the release of the polymer gel strand from the surface of the conveyor belt, as a result of the changing shape of the trough formed by the conveyor belt during the course of polymerization, proceeding under the condition P>

    A.F. wherein P is the force with which the conveyor belt is converted from the trough shape to the extended, flat profile;

    A. is the contact area between the gel strand and the conveyor belt; and

    F. is the force of adhesion of the gel strand to the conveyor belt.

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