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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2000
William Bloor Davies, Darien, CT (US);
John Edward Healy, Fairfield, CT (US);
Gary Kaui Lani Miller, Port Chester, NY (US);
Joseph J. Kozakiewicz, Trumbull, CT (US);
Roderick G. Ryles, Milford, CT (US);
Cytec Technology Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Processes for spray drying water-soluble and water-swellable vinyl-addition polymer-containing dispersions, emulsions and microemulsions to obtain substantially dry water-soluble or water-swellable polymer particles, compositions of substantially dry water-soluble or water-swellable polymer particles, methods of agglomerating spray-dried polymer particles, and methods of using sprayed polymer particles and agglomerates in water-treating, mining, paper, food processing, soil conditioning, solution thickening, biotechnological, and oil recovery applications are disclosed.