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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Matthias Weismantel, Jossgrund-Oberndorf, DE;
Rüdiger Funk, Niedernhausen, DE;
Sylvia Bertha, Frankenthal, DE;
Leigh R. Blair, Greenwood Springs, MS (US);
Kevin D. Heitzhaus, Suffolk, VA (US);
Bruce Storey, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Matthias Weismantel, Jossgrund-Oberndorf, DE;
Rüdiger Funk, Niedernhausen, DE;
Sylvia Bertha, Frankenthal, DE;
Leigh R. Blair, Greenwood Springs, MS (US);
Kevin D. Heitzhaus, Suffolk, VA (US);
Bruce Storey, Chesapeake, VA (US);
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to the production of superabsorbent polymers comprising polymerizing a monomer solution on a continuous belt reactor, wherein the consistency of the formed polymer gel at the end of the continuous belt reactor is controlled by adjusting the intensity of energy-rich radiation.