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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1977
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert Richard Reid, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
260 / ; 47DI / ; 128284 ; 128296 ; 260 / ; 260 / ; 260 / ; 260 / ; 260 / ; 526 55 ; 528493 ;
Abstract
Water-absorbent crosslinked polymers are improved in their wicking capacity by treatment of their surface with glyoxal. The polymer can be a polysaccharide--acrylamide graft copolymer or a polymer or copolymer of acrylamide and/or sodium acrylate or sodium methacrylate.