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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1995
Shigeki Takada, Kurashiki, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to provide a suspending agent for suspension polymerization of a vinyl compound which comprises a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (A) having a degree of hydrolysis of at least 60 mol % and a mercapto group at an end thereof; and furthermore a suspending agent for suspension polymerization of a vinyl compound which comprises a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (A) having a degree of hydrolysis of at least 60 mol % and a mercapto group at an end thereof and a polyvinyl ester polymer (B) having a degree of hydrosis of less than 60 mol %, weight ratio of component (A)/component (B) being 40/60 to 95/5. The suspending agent for suspension polymerization of a vinyl compound of the present invention has an excellent less-foaming effect and an effect of giving uniform and porous vinyl polymer granules.