Lg Chem, Ltd

Junwye Lee

Kwangin Shin

Chang Hun Han

Hyemin Lee

Tae Young Won

Jungmin Sohn

Seongbeom Heo

Sang Gi Lee

Sung Soo Park

Minsu Kim

Chang Hun Lee

Heechang Woo

Jihye Ryu

The present disclosure relates to a super absorbent polymer having a high water content and a method for preparing the same. The super absorbent polymer according to the present disclosure has a relatively high water content compared to a conventional one but has no degradation in absorption-related physical properties, and thereby can be used in various fields.

Super absorbent polymer and method for preparing same

According to the method for preparation of a super absorbent polymer according to the present disclosure, fine particles present in the prepared super absorbent polymer are removed, thereby solving a dispersion problem of the fine particles and a problem of reduction in the physical properties of the super absorbent polymer.

Method for preparation of super absorbent polymer

The present disclosure relates to a super absorbent polymer exhibiting an improved absorption rate and improved absorption performance.

Super absorbent polymer

The present disclosure relates to a preparation method of a super absorbent polymer capable of preparing a super absorbent polymer exhibiting an improved absorption rate while reducing an amount of a blowing agent used. The preparation method of a super absorbent polymer includes: preparing a monomer mixture including a water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomer having at least partially neutralized acidic groups and an internal cross-linking agent; adjusting a dynamic pressure applied to the monomer mixture being transferred to 140 Pa or more by controlling a transfer rate while transferring the monomer mixture to a polymerization reactor; cross-linking and polymerizing the monomer mixture transferred to the polymerization reactor to form a hydrogel polymer; drying, pulverizing and classifying the hydrogel polymer to form a base resin powder; and further cross-linking a surface of the base resin powder in the presence of a surface cross-linking agent to form a surface cross-linked layer.

Preparation method of super absorbent polymer

The present disclosure relates to a preparation method of a super absorbent polymer having excellent basic absorbency and liquid permeability at the same time by optimizing the degree of cross-linking of a base resin powder and a surface cross-linked layer, and a super absorbent polymer prepared therefrom. The preparation method of a super absorbent polymer includes: forming a hydrogel polymer by cross-linking and polymerizing a monomer composition including a water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomer having a degree of neutralization of less than 72 mol % and an internal cross-linking agent; drying, pulverizing and classifying the hydrogel polymer to form a base resin powder; forming a surface cross-linked layer by further cross-linking a surface of the base resin powder in the presence of a surface cross-linking agent; and further neutralizing the base resin powder by treating the base resin powder with a basic solution during or after forming a surface cross-linked layer.

Preparation method of super absorbent polymer and super absorbent polymer therefrom

The present disclosure relates to a super absorbent polymer and a preparation method of the same, which not only has excellent basic absorption performance, but also exhibits an improved absorption rate, and the like. The super absorbent polymer includes a base resin powder containing a first cross-linked polymer of a water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomer having at least partially neutralized acidic groups; and a surface cross-linked layer containing a second cross-linked polymer in which the first cross-linked polymer is additionally cross-linked by a surface cross-linking agent on the base resin powder, wherein the super absorbent polymer contains less than 9.9% by number of super absorbent polymer particles having an aspect ratio, which is defined as shortest diameter/longest diameter of each super absorbent polymer particle, of less than 0.5, a vortex time is 5 to 55 seconds by a vortex method, and a surface tension is 50 to 80 mN/m.

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Junwye Lee