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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy J Adaway, Midland, MI (US);
Harold G Fravel, Jr, Midland, MI (US);
James P Easterly, Jr, Bay City, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523337 ; 524 80 ; 524555 ;
Abstract
A water-in-oil emulsion of a water-soluble polymer such as acrylamide/acrylic acid copolymer having improved invertibility is prepared by (1) adding a portion of an inverting surfactant such as sorbitan trioleate having 20 polyoxyethylene units to a water-in-oil emulsion of water-soluble monomer, (2) polymerizing the monomer and (3) adding a remaining amount of inverting surfactant to the emulsion.