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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph L. Weir, Midland, MI (US);
Larry R. Wilson, Beaverton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 3/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 3/18 ;
Abstract
Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption, and a process for their preparation. The superabsorbent polymer has a slow rate of absorption, is crosslinked with a covalent crosslinking agent and the metal of a polyvalent metal salt and has an Absorption Rate Index of at least about 5 minutes. Such polymers are prepared by contacting a substrate water-swellable, water-insoluble polymer particle with a polyvalent metal salt solution under conditions such that there is formed a polymer having an Absorption Rate Index of at least about 5 minutes.