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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2014
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki-shi, JP;
Yosuke Kumaki, Kurashiki, JP;
Yasutomo Saito, Kurashiki, JP;
KURARAY CO., LTD., Kurashiki-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided by the present invention is a vinyl alcohol polymer crosslinked by a structure represented by the following formula (1) and/or a disulfide structure, in which the vinyl alcohol polymer is not completely dissolved in a mixture prepared by: adding the vinyl alcohol polymer to water so as to give a concentration of 4% by mass; and stirring at 95° C. for 3 hrs. in the formula (1), R, Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 8 or less carbon atoms. Also provided include an additive for a drilling mud containing the vinyl alcohol polymer, a drilling mud containing the vinyl alcohol polymer as an additive, an additive for a drilling cement slurry containing the vinyl alcohol polymer, and a drilling cement slurry containing the vinyl alcohol polymer as an additive.