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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Inventors:
Kaiyuan Yang, Cumming, GA (US);
Xuedong Song, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Denise V. Taylor, Riverdale, GA (US);
Richmond R. Cohen, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 20/26 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 20/267 (2013.01); B01J 20/28004 (2013.01); B01J 20/28016 (2013.01); B01J 20/3021 (2013.01); B01J 20/3085 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are super absorbent materials (SAMs) and methods of making SAMs. The super absorbent materials are copolymerized with select redox active inorganic salts in a staged polymerization process. The copolymer-based super absorbent materials have significantly improved absorbance properties. The compositions and methods described herein are useful in a variety of absorbent products.