Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Mitsutaka Tabata

Shinji Kobayashi

Shigeki Hamamoto

Masato Fujikake

Tomoki Kawakita

Morio Nakamura

A polymer composition containing carboxyl group which is excellent in water solubility, thickening properties and flow characteristics. This composition comprises (A) a cross-linked polymer comprising (a) an &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (b) a compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups, and (B) at least one polymer selected from among polymers comprising vinylpyrrolidone as an essential monomer and polyethylene oxide.

Carboxylated polymer composition

There is provided an industrially advantageous process for producing a crosslinked polymer containing carboxyl groups which comprises (a) polymerizing an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid and a crosslinking agent copolymerizable with it in the presence of a radical polymerization catalyst in an inert solvent, (b) heating the polymerized product in the presence of a radical scavenger and (c) removing the solvent. The polymer dissolved in water has high viscosity and excellent flowing properties.

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Himeji, Japan

Mitsutaka Tabata